Spain · 13th century
Castillo de Alcalá la Real (or Fortaleza de La Mota) is a castle in Alcala la Real, in the province of Jaén, Spain.
It is a defensive enclosure, located at an elevation of 1,029 metres (3,376 ft). It dates to the 13th-14th century, although some elements of the structure are older.
The castle was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural monument in 1993.
Text adapted from “Castillo de Alcalá la Real” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ciudad de La Mota ranks #4,047 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #162 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jaén, 37 km away. It is one of the 123 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. It is stop 23 of 30 on the Andalusian frontier castles, Cádiz to Córdoba. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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