Castle
Castillo de Arjonilla
🇪🇸 Spain · 8th century
The castle of Arjonilla, also known as the castle of the Troubadour Macías, is a medieval fortification located in Arjonilla, province of Jaén (Andalusia, Spain), at about 345 m above sea level. Its most outstanding and oldest element, from the 13th century and built over an earlier 8th-century Arab fortress, is the keep. The rest of the enclosure appears to date from the 15th century and to be the work of the Order of Calatrava.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Arjonilla” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castillo de Arjonilla ranks #7,559 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #590 of the 600 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 750, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 39 atlas entries founded in the 8th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jaén, 36 km away. It is one of the 125 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castillo de Arjonilla?
Castillo de Arjonilla stands in Spain, at 37.97417°, -4.10472°.
When was Castillo de Arjonilla built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 750. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Castillo de Arjonilla?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,559 of 7,738 worldwide, and #590 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 Castillo de Arjonilla?
Castillo de la Aragonesa, about 14 km away.
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