Spain · 8th century
The Castle of Jimena de la Frontera (Spanish: Castillo de Jimena de la Frontera) is a castle located in Jimena de la Frontera, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931.
The castle is situated on the outskirts of Jimena de la Frontera in the Province of Cádiz, Spain. The castle was originally built by the Grenadian Moors of the Umayyad Caliphate ruling over the area of Hispania Baetica (modern Andalusia) in the 8th Century. It served as one of many castles guarding both the approach to the fortifications around Gibraltar and the Bay of Algeciras where the strategic and important Moorish stronghold and fortress of Algeciras was located.
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Castle of Jimena de la Frontera ranks #5,345 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #232 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 750, it is older than 95% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 48 atlas entries founded in the 8th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Algeciras, 34 km away. It is one of the 123 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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