{"id":5469,"date":"2022-01-04T12:13:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.castillodebulbuente.com\/castle-palace-of-bulbuente\/history-of-bulbuente-castle\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T13:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:56:47","slug":"history-of-bulbuente-castle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.castillodebulbuente.com\/en\/castle-palace-of-bulbuente\/history-of-bulbuente-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Bulbuente Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#dad4ca&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_css_before__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Introduction&#8221; module_class=&#8221;invertir-orden-movil&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Column&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.castillodebulbuente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1-Vista-Aerea-actual-de-la-torre-y-la-Casa-Luna.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_divider show_divider=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Separador&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; height=&#8221;300px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;8%|10%|8%|7%|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;7%|10%|7%|10%|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;|10%||&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; padding_tablet=&#8221;|10%||&#8221; padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; padding_phone=&#8221;|10%||&#8221;][et_pb_cta title=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@&#8221; button_url=&#8221;#&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;title&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_level=&#8221;h1&#8243; header_font=&#8221;EB Garamond|600|on||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;52px&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.07)&#8221; button_use_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; button_bg_color__hover=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.15)&#8221; button_bg_enable_color__hover=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The castle-palace of the abbots of Veruela, in the town of Bulbuente, is a palace built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in brick, on the site of an ancient castle of the twelfth century. 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