Mata Bejid Castle

Cambil, Spain

Mata Bejid Castle is a rectangular fortress built originally during Muslim era. It has two towers on both sides, quite deteriorated, the one on the North consists of an interior room covered with a pointed vault (keep), and the one on the South has a low solid body and the upper one habitable. The castle is divided into two large areas, the main square (it was converted in recent times into a farmhouse, of which the arches of the zahúrdas that overlooked this large courtyard are preserved) and the Islamic fortress (a higher niver with respect to to the rest of the castle).

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Cambil, Spain
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Founded: 14th century
Category: Castles and fortifications in Spain

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José Antonio Chica Páez (10 months ago)
Legacy of a border era from which the pasture, the olive grove and the buildings remain that make Sierra Mágina a unique place in a beautiful Natural Park.
fatima ortiz serrano (11 months ago)
A charming place An exceptional place
Estrella Guerra Sanchez (19 months ago)
Completely demolished, you have to use a lot of imagination to see a castle there. Above the road is very bad and narrow.
Marta Lopez- Para (20 months ago)
It is a magical and beautiful place with incredible views of a sea of ​​olive trees. What happens is that they have to take good care of it and restore it, which makes it necessary to take care of our cultural heritage
jmfperez59 (2 years ago)
If you want to delve into history with your imagination and dream what life was like in the countryside in the past, here you will find an ideal place to let your imagination fly, jumping between the stones of the walls that have fallen and those that still resist undo what in other times was doing. Today crumbling, lost and forgotten by the passage of time and new social modes. Do not resist diving for yourself, nor seek fatuous help. You can fine.
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