Castillo de San Juan de las Águilas

Today: Castillo de San Juan de las Águilas, Águilas

Place: Águilas
Kind: Castle
Built: c. 1751 to 1756
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The fortress that replaced a watchtower of 1579, destroyed by Barbary attacks in 1643. Around 1751 Sebastián Feringán, director of the works at the Cartagena Arsenal, presented the project for a new castle, and the works were finished in 1756. It has been restored and can be visited.

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