Spain · 15th century
Torre de la Malmuerta ranks #4,145 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #170 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded 1406, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jaén, 88 km away. It is one of the 123 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. It is stop 26 of 30 on the Andalusian frontier castles, Cádiz to Córdoba. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
The Torre de la Malmuerta is a gate tower of the Axerquía wall in Córdoba, Spain.
This albarrana tower was built between 1406–1408 by order of King Henry III of Castile, over a pre-existing Almohad structure, to defend the gates of Rincón and Colodro. Later it was also used as a prison for nobles. The tower has an octagonal plan and has an annexed arch attached to it.
The tower's name, meaning "Tower of the Wrongly Dead Woman" in English, refers to a woman who, according to legend, was killed there by her husband after a false accusation of adultery.
Text adapted from “Torre de la Malmuerta” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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