The document defines and describes various parts of a castle in English, Spanish and German, including defensive structures like curtain walls, towers, and moats, as well as buildings inside the castle like the chapel and gatehouse. It provides translations and brief explanations for each part, such as that a barbican is a freestanding defense with arrow slits used to defend the castle's footbridge, and that the keep is the castle's main tower serving as a final stronghold.

1. PARTES DEL CASTILLO
CASTLE PARTS
TEILE DER BURG
Mª Carmen de la Fuente Rubio. Orientadora.

4. ADARVE
CUBIERTO
Covered parapet
walk
Covered corridor constructed along a
battlement and designed to allow the
free movement of guards.
ADARVE O
CAMINO DE
RONDA
Parapet walk Passageway*along a wall, making it
posible to shoot and perform
surveillance*.
[ˈpæsɪdʒweɪ, pasaje]
[sɜ:ˈveɪləns, vigilancia]
Der Mauergang
Der Gang1 <Gänge>:
camino
ALMENA(S) Battlement(s)
Merlon(s)
Wall allowing defenders of the
fortification to fire from a protected
position.
Die Zinne <n>
ATALAYA
TORRE
ESQUINERA
Watchtower
Corner tower
Circular tower allowing surveillance and
defense in all directions.
Der Wachtturm <-
türme>
BARBACANA Barbican Freestanding defense with arrow slits
used to defende the castle´s
footbridge*.
*pasarela
CAMISA Chemise /§emis/ Wall enclosing the base of the keep to
defend it.
CAPILLA Chapel Place of worship
CASTILLO Castle /ka:sl/ Aparments of the lord and his family Die Burg
<-, -en> [bʊrk]
CUERPO DE
GUARDIA
Gatehouse
Guardhouse
Structure serving as living quarters for
the guards.
Das Wachlokal <e>

5. EMPALIZADA Stockade The castle´s first line of defense,
made up of a row of pickets or
boards*.
* [bɔ:d]
FOSO Moat [məʊt]
ditch [dɪtʃ]
Water-filled trench protecting the
castle’s ramparts
Der Burggraben
GARITA Bartizan
/ba:tisan/
A sentry box projecting froma a wall
used to survey the surrounding área.
LIZA Lists /i/ Area of some size enclosed by a
stockade and located around the
castle.
MATACÁN
LADRONERA
Machicolation
/makikolei§on/
Brattice
-Balcony made of masonry with
apertures in the floor (in order to
drop projectiles on assailants)
-Small box or machicolation
projecting from the wall to reinforce
its defense.

6. MÉNSULA
MODILLÓN
Corbel Stone projection on a wall to
support the top of a tower or wall.
MURALLA Curtain
wall
Stone wall connecting two towers
or bastions.
Die Mauer <n>
MURALLA
EXTERIOR
Rampart (outer
curtain)
Thick wall that formed the castle’s
outer defense.
PASARELA Footbridge Narrow bridge used to cross the
moat and reach the drawbridge.
PATIO DE
ARMAS
Parade ground
Bailey
Uncovered space bordered by the
castle’s building and curtains walls.
Der Exerzierplatz
PINÁCULO Pinnacle Steeple-shaped ornament atop a
tower.
POTERNA Postern Secret door built into a rampart
POZO Well a hole that is excavated, into the
earth so as to tap a supply of wáter.
Der Brunnen <->

7. PUENTE
LEVADIZO
Drawbridge Movable bridge that was lowered to
allow people to cross the moat and
raised to prevent access to the castle.
Die Zugbrücke <n>
RASTRILLO Portcullis [links]
/pɔˈtˈkʌlɪs/
an iron or wooden grating /greiting:
rejilla/ suspended vertically in the gateway
of a castle or fortified town and able to be
lowered so as to bar [bɑ:ʳ] the entrance.
Das Fallgatter
SAETERA Loophole Slit (rendija) for throwing arrows. Die Schieβscharte
<n>
TORRE
FLANQUEANTE
Flanking
tower
Defense tower making it posible to fire
a shot parallel to the curtain wall.
TORRE DEL
HOMENAJE
(ALCÁZAR)
Keep Castle´s main tower, serving as a final
stronghold in the event of attack.
Der Bergfried
<-[e]s, -e>
[ˈbɛrkfri:t]
TORRETA Turret [ˈtʌrɪt] Small watchtower Der Festungsturm