Top 4 Castles around Sierra De Segura

This recently (and well) renovated tower from the 14th century is part of the many in the region belonging to the order of Santiago. The List of Towns of Jaén, by Philip II of 1575, describes it as: "a tower with a fence around it with its cubes and arrow slits and other signs in the middle of the town and that has a fairly deep water well inside it." for her servitude and that she and the castle are made of lime and earth and stone." (VILLEGAS DÍAZ, L. R., GARCÍA SERRANO, R., 1976. pp. 9-302).

Strategically located on the road that connects the Alto Guadalquivir region with the lands of La Mancha. The castle of Segura de la Sierra is one of the main cultural tourist attractions in the area. The Castle dates from the time of the Knights of the Order of Santiago and was built during the 13th and 14th centuries. Spectacular views of the entire landscape.

The town of Siles is located in the Guadalimar river valley, in the Sierra de la Segura. The town skyline is dominated by El Cubo, a medieval defensive structure left over from a 13th century castle.

This Jaén town of around 1,800 inhabitants is nestled in the beautiful natural park of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas. It is part of the network of the "Most Beautiful Towns in Spain" and is famous for its Mudejar castle, located at its highest point and surrounded by an old wall that still retains some towers.

Segura de la Sierra is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, belonging to the region of Sierra de Segura, located northeast of Andalusia. According to INE sources, in 2017 it had 1,807 inhabitants. Its municipal area, with an area of 225.02 km², is the most disintegrated in the province, having four exclaves apart from the main nucleus. The five enclaves are within the Natural Park of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas and encompass a total of 18 population centers, 13 of them populated, with the Cortijos Nuevos district being the largest.

The defensive complex is, together with the castle of Segura de la Sierra, one of the strongest and strongest fortresses in the entire Sierra de Segura. It is currently undergoing rehabilitation and adaptation to house the Hornos de Segura Astronomy Workshop, which will include an astronomical observatory, planetarium, dark room and exhibition hall, among other facilities.

Towards the castle converge the remains of canvases of the old walls that, in another time, completely surrounded the Villa. Of a purely defensive nature, the complex is made up of the Tower of Homage, three small towers and the remains of a large room of which only the outer wall that closed the parade ground remains, also conserving the remains of other walled elements. The Tower of Homage is a construction with rounded corners and small masonry based on materials typical of the area, among which the "tuff" stands out. It presents as a peculiarity a single entrance at half height which was accessed by parapets, possibly made of wood, which were removed in case of danger, leaving the Tower isolated. Inside, there are two vaulted rooms connected by a staircase carved into the thickness of the wall, through which there is also access to a terrace that could once have been "crenellated".

Hornos is a town and municipality in the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, belonging to the Comarca de Segura. It has a surface area of 118.4 km². According to INE sources, in 2016 it had a population of 649 inhabitants. Its municipal area belongs entirely to the Sierra de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas natural park, including the enclave of Cabeza de la Viña nestled within the Santiago-Pontones area. The Hornos de Segura Castle, dating from the 12th to the 14th centuries, dominates the town from its rocky watchtower, and is the main reference point of the historic-artistic complex along with the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (16th century), the Gate of the Town and the Fort (of Roman origin).