Castle · Balaš

Castillo de Lízar

Today: Castillo de Frigiliana, Frigiliana

Place
Balaš (Vélez-Málaga)
Kind
Castle
Built
9th to 11th century
What remains
Ruins
Visiting
Not checked

An Arab castle of the 9th to 11th centuries on the Cerro de la Sabina, some 4,000 square metres, supplied by a channel fed from an aqueduct. A refuge of the Moriscos, it was destroyed in 1569 after the battle of the Peñón de Frigiliana. The foundations, a wall and part of the entrance ramp remain.

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