Castillo de la Yedra

The castle of La Yedra is an ancient site of defensive origin located in the Spanish municipality of Cazorla. It stands on the lower part of the hill of Salvatierra, above the river Cerezuelo, in the province of Jaén, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is a construction dating from the Berber period, although it was completed as we know it today by the Castilians. From its site, at 831 metres above sea level, the town of Cazorla and its surroundings can be seen.

Several Muslim features can be observed in its architecture, although over the centuries the Christians finished giving it its definitive configuration, so that the Gothic style predominates.

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

Castillo de la Yedra ranks #7,074 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #495 of the 600 mapped in Spain. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jaén, 71 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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