European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At right the inner courtyards and wills of Castillo Tharre medieval Spanish fortress that crowns a Rocky Peak in the Foothills of the pyrenees. A Astillo v it 4 a a i. It y 3 Sarre chiselled out of a Mountaintop by Norm Zeigler travel outdoor writer a will mounted Torch of the Type once used to Light the recesses of the fortress. A amps photos Dave Didio by Spain is a1,Mil it in  i  Mil one of tin most a frit g is cast la to Ere .1   Tor Trew to to to to out of if i  of the a Yrem is. Castillo   .1 Rocky Peak in the Sierra tic Graml commanding a it if Quot of the Broad Plain Llinat stretches Kulli across tic Provin a of Aragon. I rum its parapet 1, crusaders uni e marked the ppr it  h of hostile armies today victors see Only the shadows of it louds gliding at mss Fields and Ore  below. Boulders Are strewn across the Mountainside around Castillo 1 Sarre and  Mil Thorn Hughes c Reep up to its massive Walls. 1 his site was not t Hosen for its Comfort or Beauly hut for its strategic value. The first spaniards the iberian recognized its significance More than 2,too years ago. So Ditl the romans who used it As a military outpost in their far Flung Empire and the moors after them. The present Struc Ture was chiselled out of the Mountaintop from the 10lli Century to the 12th Century. Its starkly simple style and seemingly impregnable construction can he taken to symbolize the rough Hen Warrior like charac Ter of Spanish christianity in the Middle Ages. The term Quot Christian soldiers Quot seas much More than an abstract c one ept. This seas particularly True in what then seas the kingdom of Aragon Suhich for a time was on the front line of the Battle against the moslem. On a warm Day visitors entering Castillo Lorre Are met by a Rush of Cool air. It tumbles Down Stone Steps Svith sags sworn into them by centuries of footfalls spilling out through the massive wooden doors of the two visitors pause to the romanesque Church within the 12 stripes Magazine february 22, 1990 \