Arcos de la Frontera Castle

Arcos de la Frontera Castle

The Arcos de la Frontera Castle is located in the Plaza del Cabildo (Cabildo Square), in the highest point of the town of Arcos de la Frontera, close to the Mirador de la Peña and the Minor Basilica of Santa Maria de la Asuncion, just behind the Town Hall and with access from the Campana Street.

This building has a quadrangular floor and comprises four crenellated towers on the corners. It was a military fortress during the Muslim period, however, the current castle was renovated in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. According to existing documents, the primitive fortress preserves a large horseshoe arch at the old western entrance and a stretch of wall in the southwest. Dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are its Tower of the Secret, Eastern Walled Passage, southern Flanking Towers, Great Water Well of the Courtyard of Weapons, and Pyramid Turrets. Currently it is accessed under the arch where the Town Hall oratory was situated. Crowning the façade, we find the shield of the Dukes of Arcos.

Ownership: Private (no visits allowed but you can see the outwardly from the Cabildo Square.

The Arcos de la Frontera Castle was a military Alcazar during the Muslim period and residence of the Dukes of Arcos with the Christians.

Features: rectangular plant, four crenellated towers at its corners. The Castle was restored in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Origin: Muslim