Castillo de Zurraquín, a 15th-century fortress near Cabezas del Villar in Ávila, preserves only partial remains including a rectangular tower with distinctive crenellations, arrow slits, and heraldic shields dating to its medieval origins. The castle's name honors Zurraquín Sancho, an Ávila hero who according to local chronicles single-handedly confronted sixty Muslim knights to liberate twenty captive Christian shepherds. Built of granite stone and masonry, the surviving structures include walls rising six meters on three sides of the tower, connected to a defensive network that included nearby fortresses. The site is freely accessible as it is owned by a local cooperative.
