Castle
Castillo La Iruela
🇪🇸 Spain
Castillo La Iruela is a fortress of Andalusi origin located in La Iruela, in the Alto Guadalquivir district, province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in Spain. It stands on the summit of a crag called El Picacho, in the heart of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas natural park.
It is under the generic protection of the Decree of 22 April 1949 and of Law 16/1985 on Spanish Historical Heritage.
It is therefore an asset of cultural interest with the category of monument.
La Iruela was declared a historic-artistic ensemble in 1985.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de la Iruela” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castillo La Iruela ranks #6,243 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #389 of the 500 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castillo La Iruela?
Castillo La Iruela stands in Spain, at 37.92107°, -2.98989°.
How famous is Castillo La Iruela?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,243 of 7,044 worldwide, and #389 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Castillo La Iruela?
Castle of Sabiote, about 32 km away.
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