The Route of the castles of Vinalopó is a historic and cultural route
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province of Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province. Likewise, the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Community (Alica ...

, Valencian Community, most of them based in the Valley of Vinalopó. The route, which is located in the Valley of Vinalopó, in the inside mountains of the

, unveiled a series of castles and forts that protected them during the Middle Ages, when these populations, at some point in its history, where lands of border between the

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and the Kingdom of Castile. The route has with around 75 kilometres through nine different municipalities. It's located in one of the regions of the Valencian Community and Spain with more concentration of castles, which are in various locations such as Villena, Biar, Banyeres de Mariola, Castalla, Sax, Elda,

Petrer Petrer (, es, Petrel ) is a town and municipality located in the '' comarca'' of Vinalopó Mitjà, in the province of Alicante of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. Petrer joins together with the city of Elda to form a conurbation wi ...

or Novelda. The Vinalopó Valley is dotted with castles and fortifications. It is heritage of the Arab era. The Arabic culture first, and then the

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, left in these lands a heritage of architectural value.

Itinerary

The Route of the Castles of Vinalopó the following itinerary, by order: * Atalaya Castle, in Villena * Castle of Banyeres, in Banyeres de Mariola * Castle of Biar, in Biar *Castle of la Mola, en Novelda *Castle de Elda, in Elda *Altamira Palace, in Elche *Castle of Castalla, in Castalla *Castle of Sax, in Sax *Castle of Petrel, in

References

External links

Route of the Castles of Vinalopó

The Route at the website of Valencian Community Tourism

Guide in pdf of the Route at Costa Blanca Tourism

Guide in pdf of Valencian Community Tourism

Map of the Route

Guide of the route
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Itinerary

See also

References

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