Castillo de Ayódar

The Castle of Ayódar, located in the municipality of Ayódar (province of Castellón, Spain), is situated on the left bank of the Rambla de Villamalur and on a hill 542 metres high. It is a medieval castle of Arab origin and of the mountain type with an irregular, scattered plan, with a powerful off-centre main tower that defends its most vulnerable flank.

The castle belonged to the domains of Zayd Abu Zayd and was later ceded to his son, then passed to the Church and the Crown, finally belonging to various noble families. In 1611, after the expulsion of the Moriscos, it was granted a settlement charter, becoming the seat of the barony of Ayódar. In 1837, during the First Carlist War, conservative forces occupied the town.

Machine-translated from “Castillo de Ayódar” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castillo de Ayódar ranks #7,355 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #577 of the 600 mapped in Spain. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Castellón de la Plana, 29 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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