Castillo de Peña

The castle and town of la Peña are the ruins of a medieval castle in Navarre (Spain), located in the deserted village of Peña (Navarre) in the municipality of Javier. High on the Sierra de Peña, 1,062 m in height, it lies at the base of an imaginary triangle formed by Sos del Rey Católico, Cáseda and Sangüesa, on the boundary with Zaragoza.

It is a steep, rocky hill with sharp slopes that held an imposing castle. The whole surface of the town was walled and the castle had two defensive towers.

This deserted village of Peña has been abandoned since the 1950s, leaving the ruins of a few houses and the church, which has been restored, as well as remains of one of the castle's towers.

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

Castillo de Peña ranks #6,775 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #395 of the 602 mapped in Spain. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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