Alarcos
Alarcos is a small hill and archaeological site located in the Campo de Calatrava region of the Iberian Peninsula. Standing at 675 metres above mean sea level, the hill is made of quartzite rocks together with lithic components of volcanic origin, and the Guadiana river flows next to it.{{Sfn|García Huerta|Morales Hervás|Rodríguez González|2020|p=15}} It features an archaeological site on top, in between the Spanish municipalities of Poblete and Ciudad Real. The archaeological site features a Bronze/Iron Age Iberian oppidum, as well as a phase of medieval occupation, which includes the {{ill|Castle of Alarcos|es|Castillo de Alarcos}}. The site was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1992.{{Sfn|Fernández Rodríguez|Juan García|2017|p=902}}
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- {{Cite journal|journal=Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional|url=http://www.man.es/man/dam/jcr:2f7fb8a2-de3f-4f3d-b66c-6c50c111b3fd/man-bol-2017-35-102.pdf|publisher=Museo Arqueológico Nacional|location=Madrid|first=Macarena|last=Fernández Rodríguez|first2=Antonio de|last2=Juan García|title=El Parque Arqueológico de Alarcos (Ciudad Real)|pages=901−904|year=2017|volume=35|issn=2341-3409}}
- {{Cite book|title=El cerro de Alarcos (Ciudad Real): Formación y desarrollo de un Oppidum Ibérico: 20 años de excavaciones arqueológicas en el Sector III|first=Rosario|last=García Huerta|first2=Francisco Javier|last2=Morales Hervás|first3=David|last3=Rodríguez González|publisher=Archaeopress|year=2020|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1-78969-692-9|url=https://library.oapen.org/viewer/web/viewer.html?file=/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/50611/external_content.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}
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Category:Landforms of Castilla–La Mancha
Category:Archaeological sites in Castilla–La Mancha
Category:Geography of the Province of Ciudad Real
Category:Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Ciudad Real