Castillo de Gauzón

{{short description|Ruined castle in Castrillón, Asturias, Spain}}

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Castillo de Gauzón (Gauzón Castle) is a ruined Spanish fortification. It is located in the municipality of Castrillón, Asturias, Spain. Little remains of it, partly because many of the stones that formed it were taken by the area residents to build houses and other structures.

The castle was characterized like a "safe" in that it protected the gold and precious stones used to create some of the symbols of Asturias.{{cite book |last1=Sobrino |first1=Miguel |title=Castillos y murallas: Las biografías desconocidas de las fortalezas de España |date=21 September 2022 |publisher=La Esfera de los Libros |isbn=978-84-1384-441-1 |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGyHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT150 |access-date=23 January 2025 |language=es}} The structure holds special significance for Asturias because it was there that the Victory Cross was encased in gold and precious stones. Archaeological excavations at the site dated it to the ninth century but more recent tests with Carbon-14 have dated construction to the mid-7th century.{{cite news|first=José L.|last=González|language=Spanish|title=La datación de los restos encontrados en El Peñón de Raíces obliga a revisar la creación del reino de Asturias|url=http://www.elcomerciodigital.com/aviles/20080201/castrillon/datacion-restos-encontrados-penon-20080201.html|newspaper=El Comercio|date=1 February 2008|accessdate=21 January 2015}}