The castle

Salobreña's Castle is the most important monument of this town of Granada, Andalucia

Panorama from the castle

We know the existence of a fortress in Salobreña from the tenth century. Although the distribution corresponds to the building which was built in the Nasrid period, the Arab castle is the result of input from Muslim and Christian architecture.


Has three campuses: the interior corresponds in its arrangement with the old Moorish castle punctuated with four towers: the keep, the New Tower, the Powder Tower and the Torre Vieja, the other two, with a defensive function, are an extension of the late Spanish XV century. Here we find the access tower and the outer barrier, flanked by two towers, The Cube (elliptical plant) and the battery (pentagonal). Finally Coracha, which alludes to a defensive system that protects a water and having at its ends the Water Tower and the Tower of Coracha or Baluarte.

Refreshing indoor gardens surround the architectural volumes. During the Moorish period housed also a royal palace for rest would also be used as a real prison. According to the chronicles, several were the monarchs who suffered imprisonment within its walls: Yusuf III, Little Muhammad VIII, IX Lefty Muhammad Abu Nasr Sad and Muley Hacén.

From its towers you can see at a glance the urban fabric of Salobreña, the valley, the Mediterranean Sea, the surrounding mountains and even Sierra Nevada. Its towers, battlements and walls, its location and landscape have led to the castle is one of the most visited monuments in the coast of Granada.