The
following is a guide that will help the visitor to travel through one
of the few examples of inhabited fortresses existing in Spain:
Castellar Castle.
The
fortress of Castellar is built on a Roman assent whose main objective
was to watch out the possible invaders coming from the sea. From the
XIII century, Castellar became an important defensive building and it
was a direct witness of the confrontation between Christians and
Muslims. The castle dates back to this century. There is a village
within the walls that has been inhabited for centuries.
If we access
through the inferior entry, we arrive at the first flanking tower,
whose main objective was to defend a weak area. After this first
tower, and after walking through a passage with barbicans at both
sides, we find the second albarrana tower. With these two towers and
the barbican, the entry to the fortress was well protected and the
enemy attack became very weak.
