Castle
Barxell Castle
🇪🇸 Spain
The Barxell Castle, located in the municipality of Alcoy, Alicante, Spain, is a 13th-century medieval building which stands on a rocky mound in the middle of a pine forest. It is next to the CV-795 road, between Alcoy and Banyeres de Mariola. It is located in the rural place of Barxell at 800 metres altitude. It is very close to the "Solanetes" which had a small population in the Muslim era.
The Barxell Castle is located in the rural place of Barxell, in the Valley of Polop, a natural enclave of great scenic value between two natural parks, the Font Roja and Serra Mariola.
Text adapted from “Barxell Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barxell Castle ranks #146 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #35 of the 433 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Barxell Castle?
Barxell Castle stands in Spain, at 38.69081°, -0.53013°.
How famous is Barxell Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #146 of 6,412 worldwide, and #35 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Barxell Castle?
Cocentaina Castle, about 9 km away.
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