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Castle of Baños de la Encina (Jaén, Spain)
The castle of Baños de la Encina is located in the old town of its homonymous city. It was built in the Almohad period, in the 12th-13th century, with lime stabilised rammed earth, whose reddish aggregate gives it a characteristic colour. It consists of a wall in which 15 towers are embedded, including the Keep, built by the Christians and taller than the rest. It is square, but one of its outer f…
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
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Instituto de Arqueología Ibérica-Universidad de Jaén
Temporal
- 12th-13th ct. AD
Places
- Castillo de Baños de la Encina
Identifier
- EUROPEANAARCH_50341
Extent
- :
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
References
- Ruta de los Castillos y las Batallas. Diputación Provincial de Jaén. http://castillosybatallas.com/es/castillo-de-banos-de-la-encina-2/
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