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of the Archives there are several references to works of
maintenance, other documents witness the alcalde and his
soldiers’ everyday life, showing a human and often
amusing side as, for example, when the alcalde is invited
to send his wife out of the fortress or when the soldiers
are accused of using the sharpened parts of the guns to roast
the meat.
In the XIX century, as witnessed by the nineteenth-century
sources, it continued its activity with a small garrison
till the progressive abandonment happened in the second half
of the same century when it was finally used as a shelter
for the shepherds.
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