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Castle of Zafra (Badajoz)

cultural property in Zafra, Spain

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ6058409 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Palace of the Dukes of Feria (Spanish: Palacio de los Duques de Feria) or the Castle of Zafra is a Gothic castle in Zafra, Badajoz, Spain, built between 1437 and 1443. On June 3, 1931, during the Second Spanish Republic, it was declared a historical-artistic monument belonging to the National Treasury.

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The public source identifies “Castle of Zafra (Badajoz)” as cultural property in Zafra, Spain. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Castle, Zafra and Badajoz.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1437, 1443, 1931—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Castle, Zafra and Badajoz providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6058409. VIAF identifies the subject as 243202556. Authority coordinates are 38.424, -6.417. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1437, 1443 and 1931.

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This entry incorporates text from “Castle of Zafra (Badajoz)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.