Spain · 11th century
Castle of Castalla ranks #7,593 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #404 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Alicante, 33 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
The Castle of Castalla, in the province of Alicante (Spain), is a fortress of Islamic origin built in the 11th century on Neolithic and Ibero-Roman remains, with later Christian alterations from the 14th to the 16th centuries. It stands on a hill above the town and the course of the river Verde.
The present buildings date from the end of the Late Middle Ages and some from the beginning of the Early Modern period.
It is a Bien de Interés Cultural in the category of Monument.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Castalla” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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