Castillo de Albalat / Fort Napoleón

The castle of Albalat was a fortress located in the Spanish municipality of Romangordo, province of Cáceres, Extremadura.

In the vicinity of Romangordo took place in the War of Independence the so-called combat of Lugar Nuevo. Romangordo is, according to the Geographical Dictionary of Madoz: The name of the village and the word albalat mean in Arabic road or paved road, although sometimes it is called paved road inappropriately, since they refer to the Roman roads that were paved, that is to say, covered with stone slabs.

The name of the village has different spellings. For example, Makjada Albalat. Makjada means ford or passage of a river, so Makjada Albalat refers to the situation of Albalat, in the left bank of the Tagus river and next to one of the few places where it is possible to ford, and not in all the seasons of the year. Its geographical situation was very strategic, as it was on the Roman road that went from Toledo to Mérida and next to the aforementioned ford. Nowadays, the remains of what was the village and castle of Albalat are easy to find, as it is located at km 203 of the old national road N-5.

It was also called Medina-Albalat or Alvalat, Alvalá, Albalate and some others.