Puebla de Alcocer

Puebla de Alcocer lies beneath a castle on a rocky ridge in eastern Extremadura. In 1445 John II granted the town and its lands to Gutierre de Sotomayor, master of the Order of Alcántara. With royal permission Gutierre rebuilt the fortress using the remains of an earlier castle, and his son added a palace inside. At the end of the century Elvira de Zúñiga governed the castle after her husband's death while their children were still minors; her family's arms appear high on the keep.