Torrecid was a Christian motte-and-bailey castle where El Cid camped for fifteen weeks around the year 1081 according to legend.

The site remained buried for almost a thousand years until recent archaeological excavations found it where Cantar de Mio Cid describes it.

The site, located in the valley of the Jalón river, is in the current municipality of Ateca (Zaragoza), Spain.

Located on the right bank of the Jalón river, it is one of the most important castles in the development of the epic Cantar de Mio Cid.

There is scarcely any remains of the fortification that was built in a short time by the men of El Cid, but only a few walls of masonry, covered with mud, barely half a meter high, which makes it possible to see the layout of the small fortified enclosure, it had a watchtower of about ten meters of height, placing the tents of the camp around the recito.