From the fountain at the center of the renamed Plaza de Espana square the old castle and the surrounding representative buildings can be appreciated better than from the maze of narrow streets and alleys of the historic old town
Castle built in 1148 by the Almohad Empire. After many changes of hands over the centuries, in 1926 the Lucena City Council bought the castle from the Dukes of Híjar, …
Stone castle and fortifications in the town of Baena, or Bayyana (Muslim name). Historical sources relate it to the muladí rebellion of Umar ibn Hafsun, in the second half of the 9th century.