one of a series from Castles of Spain
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The Alcázar de Segovia started of as an Arab fort and has served as a royal palace, a state prison, an artillery college, and a military college. It is now a museum. Throughout the Middle Ages it was a favourite residence of the Castilian monarchs. Phillip II was married here and rumour has it Walt Disney used it as his inspiration for Cinderella's castle.
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4 comments:
Spain has a number of stamps with impressive castles but I had not seen this one before.
The stamp manages to make it look enormous even in a small space.
I love the sky on this stamp.
Yes, a lot of castles on Spanish stamps. But I love these old ones themost.
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