The Barxell Castle, located in the municipality of
Alcoy
Alcoy ( ca-valencia, Alcoi) is an industrial and university city, region and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The local authority reported a population of 61,135 res ...
,
Alicante
Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...
, Spain, is a 13th-century medieval building which stands on a rocky mound in the middle of a pine forest. It is next to the CV-795 road, between Alcoy and
Banyeres de Mariola
Banyeres de Mariola () is a settlement and a municipality in the north of the province of Alicante (Spain), 860 metres above sea level, with a population of 7,500. The main employer is the local textile industry. The town has a Moorish castle th ...
. It is located in the rural place of Barxell at 800 metres altitude. It is very close to the "Solanetes" which had a small population in the
Muslim era.
The Barxell Castle is located in the rural place of Barxell, in the
Valley of Polop, a natural enclave of great scenic value between two natural parks, the
Font Roja and
Serra Mariola
The Serra Mariola Natural Park (, es, Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola) is a mountain range in the Valencian Community, Spain, one of the most peripheral offsprings of the Baetic System. Most of its territory is included in a natural park f ...
.
Bibliography
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*PAREDES VAÑÓ, Enric (2006), "El castell de Barxell" en Història d'Alcoi, Alcoi: Ajuntament d'Alcoi, Editorial Marfil, S.A., Centre Alcoià d'estudis Històrics i Arqueològics (p. 133)
*PAREDES VAÑÓ, Enric (2011), "Aproximación a la arquitectura de las fortificaciones en las montañas del valle central del Serpis. Las Torres". Actas del Séptimo Congreso Nacional de Historia de la Construcción. Instituto Juan de Herrera - Madrid - 2011. , 2 vols., 146 comunicaciones, 1507 pp.
See also
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Font Roja Natural Park
The Font Roja Natural Park ( ca-valencia, Parc Natural del Carrascar de la Font Roja, es, Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Fuente Roja) is a natural park situated in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.
The Font Roja natural ...
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Serra Mariola Natural Park
The Serra Mariola Natural Park (, es, Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola) is a mountain range in the Valencian Community, Spain, one of the most peripheral offsprings of the Baetic System. Most of its territory is included in a natural park f ...
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Route of the Castles of Vinalopó
The Route of the castles of Vinalopó is a historic and cultural route in Spain, connecting some of the castles of the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, most of them based in the Valley of Vinalopó.
The route, which is located in the V ...
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Castle of Banyeres
The castle of Banyeres (Alicante), Valencian Community, (Spain) is an Almohad fortress built in the 13th century, which is situated on the ''tossal de l'Àguila'' (Valencian), English: 'Hill of the Eagle', in the geographical center of Banyeres, ...
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Cocentaina Castle
The Castle of Cocentaina, located in the municipality of Cocentaina, Alicante, Spain, is a 14th-century medieval building which stands on a rocky mound of 765 m. The castle structure, recently restored, is one of the town's symbols. The tower is a ...
References
External links
File at the Valencial Library of Heritage
{{commonscat, Castell de Barxell
Castles in the Valencian Community
Buildings and structures in Alcoy
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Alicante