Spain · 12th century
Castillo de Sax rises at 524 m above sea level on a steep crag that dominates Sax (province of Alicante, Spain) and commands a large part of the Vinalopó valley between Elda and Villena.
It is an asset of cultural interest with the category of monument.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Sax” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castillo de Sax ranks #6,921 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #336 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1200, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Elche, 32 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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