New Castile, Spain: see Castile.

New Castile (Spanish: Castilla la Nueva) is a historic region of Spain. It roughly corresponds to the southern part of the Kingdom of Castile, taken during the Reconquista of the peninsula by Christian kings from Muslim rulers. Some notable achievements in this reconquest were the capture of Toledo in 1085 , ending the Taifa's Kingdom of Toledo, and the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212.

New Castile is separated from Old Castile to the north by the Sistema Central range of mountains, and have historically comprised the Spanish provinces of Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Madrid and Toledo. In more modern administration, it covers the autonomous communities of Madrid and Castile-La Mancha (which also includes Albacete). Its very famous place

See also

• Castile (historical region)
• Old Castile
• Castile-La Mancha
• Kingdom of Toledo