Batalla de Lucena y prisión de Boabdil Historical milestone · Lucena, Subbética, Córdoba Image of Lucena, not of the place itself. In 1483 the army of the Nasrid emir Boabdil 'the Younger' was defeated near Lucena; Boabdil himself was captured and held in the Torre del Moral, within the Castillo del Moral, a key episode of the war of Granada. 1483 Photo: Jfbu (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Lucena