Spain · 12th century
The Castle of La Muela (Spanish: Castillo de la Muela) is a castle in Consuegra, Spain. It was a stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller during the Middle Ages.
The castle tops off the Cerro Calderico, that also hosts a number of windmills, dominating over Consuegra.
Gifted by Alfonso VIII to the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem in 1183 along its dominions, the most relevant features of the fortification are dated after the donation, largely a number of expansions and restorations in the 12th and 13th centuries. An hermitage was built in the castle in the late 15th century. The castle endured notable damage during the Peninsular War. It became a municipal property in 1962.
The whole Cerro Calderico—along the castle and the windmills—was declared Bien de Interés Cultural under the protection status of "historical site" in 2008.
Text adapted from “Castle of La Muela” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of la Muela ranks #3,387 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #131 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded 1183, it is older than 78% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,338 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Toledo, 59 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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