Castles and Fortresses in the Province of Granada

Granada City - Alhambra:   This is one of the most visited castles in  Spain with over 2 million visitors a year. Alhambra means "Red Castle" which was constructed in the  9th Century. It is located on a hill near the river Daro and the district Albaicin.........

La Calahorra (Guadix) - Castle:  The Calahorra Castle stands on a hill 1,250 meters above sea level that  dominates the Marques de Cenete. The building was a pioneer in the start of the architecture in the Spanish Renaissance. The sober outside outlook provides a wrong.......

Moclín (Loja) - Castle:  The castle of Moclín is one of the best defensive parts of the Nazari period, and the only one which has a full belt of walls. It is located on top of the fortified town of Moclin in the region of Loja. It is dated back to the Moorish period, the fourteenth century.......

Almuñécar (Costa Tropical) - Castle:  This Arabic castle sits on a small hill, which is difficult to access. The original fortifications date of 1st century B.C. and be built by Phoenicians and Romans, as evidenced by different sources and structures of Roman buildings. During the.......

Salobreña (Costa Tropical) - Castle:  From the tenth century Arab sources tell us of the existence of a fortress in this place, but nothing is told about about its dependencies. For ten centuries it has undergone continuous and profound changes, so that an evolutionary analysis.......

Orce (Altiplano) - Castle:  The caste of Orce was insistintamente called "Castle or Fortress of the 7 towers", the precise origin of the construction of this fortress is unknown. It is for sur that this is before the eleventh century. Like much of the post-Muslim Caliphate.......

Loja - Castle:  Loja formed, along with other populations of Western Granada, the last frontier of al-Andalus. The walls of the fortess have survived this era and have been declared of cultural interest They are located, next to the Major Church of the Incarnation. The watch...........

Guadix - Castle:  After the conquest of the Catholic Monarchs in 1489, the abandonment of the fort began. In the sixteenth century the building was partially destroyed and lost much of the interior rooms. Years later this was restored. In 1931 it was declared as a National......

Vélez de Benaudalla - Castle:  The Castle of Velez de Benaudalla rooted in the era of conquest by the Crown Castilia and Aragon represented by the Catholic Kings, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Once carried out the conquest of the mainland of Muslim.......

Alhama - Castle:  This castle was built on the ancient Arab fortress. Irregular stone, and was renovated in the last century. It is private property and unfortunately the interior can not be visited.

The Catholic kings conquered with great effort this fortress ...........

Lachar - Castle:  The Castle of Láchar is a unique fortress that became a palace. Its construction is attributed to the end of the Nazari period. The current building however is the result of a romantic arabesque-design according to the fashion of the late nineteenth and early.......

Castell de Ferro - Castle:  The Castle of Castell de Ferro originates from an undetermined period, but the current building is from the Nazari time. It is situated at a hillock that prevented the people of the Rambla descending from the Sierra de Lújar and it is dividing the.............

Salar (Loja) - Castle:  This is a typical tower-farm castle dating from the thirteenth century, the Moorish period. It was conquered during the siege of Loja in 1486 by Hernan Perez del Pulgar. Although it has been reformed, its original structure, the old and bulky tower-castle is still.......

Íllora - Castle:  The Arab castle of Íllora dates from the Caliphate period (IX-X centuries), but has undergone major changes and additions through the time. It has been built on a rock what gives it a strategic position by overlooking the village. The importance of this fortification...

Huéscar - Castle Remains:  TIn the beginning of the XIV century, king Ismail of Granada gain ground on the eastern border of the kingdom and destroyed the rock castle of Huéscar defended by the Knights of Santiago. At that moment a fortress is built where the current Huéscar...

La Herradura - Fortres:  Today the bay of Herradura is a quiet place, but in the eighteenth century the area was the scene of raids and landings of pirates and privateers. So in 1764 Carlos III ordered the construction of a defensive castle-fortress that communicated with.......

Carchuna - Fortress:  In 1773 the  Carchuna Fort, was erected, by the Royal Order of Carlos III. It became a part of the defensive network of watchtowers and castles along the Mediterranean coast which was necessary in order to defend the harbors for pirate attacks.........

La Rabita - Fortress:  The castle belonged to the maritime border of the Kingdom of Granada and it consists of three distinct parts; the first two are of Arabic work reformed in the sixteenth century, consists of a trapezoidal enclosure with central courtyard and enclosed by walls.........

Castillo de los Baños - Fortres:  This fortress was built in the sixteenth century under Philip II in order to defence the coast. It has been rebuilt in the 18th century.  The fortess has two towers topped at the same time by respective towers with a four pitched roof. It is one of the.......

Castril - Castle Ruins:  The castle of Castril is of Almohad origin and was one of the best defensive bastions through its majestic presence on a rock next to the abruptness of the environment and the impassable canyon of the river Castril which discouraged immediately 

Colomera - Castle Ruins:  The Arab fortress Colomera, or what remains of it, sits on a rocky outcrop overlooking the village from above. It is located near the Church of the Incarnation. On the highest part of the hill you can see its ancient walls and towers as well as two wells .............

Dólar - Castle Ruins:  The ruins are situated on a hill from which you can see the whole town and its environments. There is a notification of its existence in the twelfth century. It was walled, and its function would be to give shelter to the population in case of external attacks......

Lanjaron - Castle Ruins:  The Castle of  Lanjarón , locally known as the Moorish Castle is a small medieval fortress located a quarter mile from the village. It is dominating on a rocky outcrop, the valley of the Lanjarón River, next to the Salado canyon. It is located at 619 meters.......

La Peza - Castle Ruins:  This very beautifull waterfall is located in near the road A-4154 which connects Algarinejo with Preigo de Córdoba. Just after the junction with the Co-8205. Park you car along the road and try to find the small trail that goes down the river.........

Íznalloz - Castle Ruins:  This castle was an Arab construction that replaced the Roman fortress. The construction that served for centuries as a fortress on the border of the recapture, located on the pit of de la Hoz, next to the river Cubillas, and highlight some of the........

Montejícar - Castle Ruins:  This very beautifull waterfall is located in near the road A-4154 which connects Algarinejo with Preigo de Córdoba. Just after the junction with the Co-8205. Park you car along the road and try to find the small trail that goes down the river.........

Mondujar - Castillo Soraya - Castle Ruins:  At the southeast of Lecrín in the village of Mondújar, are the ruins of the castle of Mondújar situated . It is just a few hundred meters from the highway to Motril , but difficult to see until you are close. To reach the hill of Castillejo you have to.......

Murchas - Castle Ruins:  he Lojuela Castle is a small Araic fortress located on a hill on the left bank of the Dúrcal River, about 500 meters from the village of Murchas. Archaeologists have dated back the castle to the early Muslim period, although it has been questioned. It was........

Piñar - Castle Ruins:  There are several small waterfalls downstream the big waterfall Padro Negro. They are located in the Natural Park Sierra de Huétor close to the hamlet Padro Negro. These falls are more difficult to reach because.......

Zagra - Castle Ruins:  Zagra Castle is located in the Granada town of the same name, a town that has historically belonged to the territory of Loja. Throughout the XV century Christians had definitive progress, a number of important places (Antequera .Archidona) and the territory.......