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Castle of La Guardia (Jaén, Spain)
The castle of La Guardia (the Guard) occupies the top of San Marcos Hill. The walls that enclose the fortress are protected by several towers. The oldest of these towers, and the only remnant of the Islamic alcázar, is circular and built with irregular masonry, of which only the lower level is conserved today, which was solid. Two wall sections, made of rammed earth on a masonry basing, stretch …
Publisher
- Instituto de Arqueología Ibérica-Universidad de Jaén
Subject
- Castle
- castles (fortifications)
Medium
- stone (worked rock)
Publisher
- Instituto de Arqueología Ibérica-Universidad de Jaén
Subject
- Castle
- castles (fortifications)
Medium
- stone (worked rock)
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Instituto de Arqueología Ibérica-Universidad de Jaén
Temporal
- 9th-16th ct. AD
Places
- Castillo de La Guardia
Identifier
- EUROPEANAARCH_50319
Extent
- :
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
References
- Castillo, J.C.; Salvatierra, V.; Navarro, M.; Gutiérrez, M.V.; Castillo, J.L. (2013): “Las fortalezas de la Orden de Calatrava en el sector occidental de la frontera del reino de Jaén”. En Castelos das ordens militares, volumen I, pp. 193-227.
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-06-09T03:02:45.197Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-01-12T16:40:28.516Z