Spain · 12th century
The Castle of Polop in the province of Alicante is a fortress of Muslim origin built at the beginning of the 12th century, standing on a hill next to the town.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Polop” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Polop ranks #8,602 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #565 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1125, it is older than 84% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Alicante, 44 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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