Castle
Castell de Forna
🇪🇸 Spain · 13th century
The Castell de Forna (Valencian Castell de Forna; Spanish Castillo de Forna) is a castle in the north of the Spanish province of Alicante. It lies on a hilltop at 232 m altitude, south above the village of the same name, which belongs to the municipality of l'Atzúbia. It is exceptionally well preserved, as only few castles in the region are.
Machine-translated from “Castell de Forna” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell de Forna ranks #5,588 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #259 of the 603 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 63% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Alicante, 65 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Castell de Forna?
Castell de Forna stands in Spain, at 38.87222°, -0.17083°.
When was Castell de Forna built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1300. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Castell de Forna?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,588 of 8,133 worldwide, and #259 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 Forna?
Castell de Rebollet, about 5 km away.
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