2025Castle of the Sotomayor and Zúñiga - Belalcázar, Córdoba - Set

The Castle of Belalcázar, a tourist attraction in Los Pedroches, also known as the Castle of Gahete or the Castle of the Sotomayor-Zúñiga, is located in the town of the same name, in the north of the province of Córdoba, at approximately 500 meters above sea level, on an artificial promontory resulting from the settlement of numerous preceding cultures (Iberians, Romans, Visigoths, Arabs...), almost entirely bordered by the course of the Caganchas stream. It stands on Roman remains and the Arab fortification of Gafiq, spanning 25,000 square meters, of which the walled perimeter from the 9th to the 13th century is still visible, though greatly deteriorated.