{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Kingdom of Castile",
  "now": "spain",
  "years": "1065–1715",
  "id": "castile",
  "index": "c/spain:1065",
  "title": "Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Castile",
  "ratio": "1:1",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#c60b1e",
      "cmyk": "0/95/100/5",
      "note": "Gules field of the royal banner."
    },
    {
      "color": "gold",
      "hex": "#ffc400",
      "note": "Triple-towered castle."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Kingdom of Castile (1065–1715) was the dominant Christian kingdom of the Reconquista; its union with Aragon in 1469 created the core of modern Spain\n - **Construction:** a square red banner bearing a gold three-towered castle — the **castillo** from which the kingdom takes its name\n - Arms of Castile adopted by Alfonso VIII in the late 12th century after an earlier lion banner gave way to the castle",
  "flag": "empires/castile.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Kingdom of Castile",
    "officialName": "Reino de Castilla",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- The castle has appeared on Spanish royal and national arms continuously for over 800 years\n - The kingdom gave its name to Castilian, the linguistic ancestor of modern Spanish\n - Combined with León (1230) to form the Crown of Castile — the political unit that financed Columbus's voyage",
  "_name": "Kingdom of Castile",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "castile"
}