Alcazaba de Tabernas

Today: Castillo de Tabernas, Tabernas

Place: Baŷŷāna (Pechina)
Kind: Fortress
Built: 11th to 13th century
What remains: Ruins
Visiting: Open to visit

The citadel on a hill outside Tabernas, which became the second of the present province of Almería and was the alcázar of El Zagal, the last but one Naṣrid king; it was handed over in 1489, and the Capitulations of Almería were signed there. Its date is disputed: the article has it built in the 11th century and also gives it an Almohad origin. Part of it survives, and it can be visited freely.

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