Spain
Castell de Benissili, also known as the castle of Alcalá or hisn al-Qala, situated in the present-day municipality of Vall de Gallinera, was the residence of Al-Azraq and the centre of the Mudéjar revolts that followed the conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia by James the Conqueror in the 13th century.
The castle's historical function was to watch over and defend the entrance to the valley from the interior, the Comtat.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Alcalá” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell de Benissili ranks #7,970 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #438 of the 607 mapped in Spain. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Alicante, 55 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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