Castillo de Segura de la Sierra

The castle of Segura de la Sierra (Province of Jaén, Spain) was built on the remains of a previous fortress by the Order of Santiago, which made it the centre of the Encomienda of Castile, and it became the residence of the Grand Master of the Order of Santiago in the last quarter of the 15th century.

On the one hand there is the geographical-political delimitation; on the other, the 15th century saw the transition between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, a rupture that brought about profound changes of mentality in the constitution of modern society. But it is also a cultural frontier, for this is where the Muslim and Christian cultures meet and part.

Throughout its history the castle of Segura de la Sierra has undergone various processes of abandonment and neglect. It was in the 1960s that a restoration took place which, with greater or lesser success, has allowed this historic building to be fitted out as a public space. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century it underwent another process of adaptation which, likewise with greater or lesser success, has led us to reflect on the museographic intervention.

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

Castillo de Segura de la Sierra ranks #6,870 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #455 of the 600 mapped in Spain. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. 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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