Castle
Castell de Benissili
🇪🇸 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 #6,231 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #387 of the 500 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castell de Benissili?
Castell de Benissili stands in Spain, at 38.8096°, -0.28013°.
How famous is Castell de Benissili?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,231 of 7,044 worldwide, and #387 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 Castell de Benissili?
Castell de Perputxent, about 6 km away.
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