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Feb 6 • 13:01 UTC • 🇦🇷 Argentina • La Nacion (ES)

Discovery of an 8th-century castle trapped under a hill

An 8th-century castle built by local nobility in the Huerna Valley, Spain, to defend against the Muslim advance in the northern peninsula has been discovered after being buried under a hill.

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