Castle
Ciudad de La Mota
🇪🇸 Spain
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 #2,926 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #123 of the 180 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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