Castle
Cox Castle
🇪🇸 Spain · 15th century
The castle of Cox, also called the castle of Santa Bárbara or of Ayala, is located in the Spanish municipality of Cox, province of Alicante. It rises on a small rocky hill called "El Portichuelo", at the foot of the Sierra de Callosa. It was built by Juan Ruiz Dávalos in 1466.
It enjoys the generic protection of the decree of 22 April 1949 and of the second additional provision of Law 16/1985.
It is therefore a bien de interés cultural in the category of monument.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Cox” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cox Castle ranks #7,059 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #491 of the 600 mapped in Spain. Founded 1466, it is older than 48% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 434 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Elche, 22 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Cox Castle?
Cox Castle stands in Spain, at 38.13777°, -0.88305°.
When was Cox Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1466. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Cox Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,059 of 7,738 worldwide, and #491 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Cox Castle?
Castle of Orihuela, about 8 km away.
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