El castillo nazarí de Qultis Historical milestone · Cortes de Baza, Comarca de Baza, Granada Image of Cortes de Baza, not of the place itself. The Islamic-period settlement of Cortes de Baza, called Qultis, was organized around a castle fortified by Ibn al-Ahmar between 1248 and 1261 as part of the defensive system of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada; today only foundations and wall remains survive, demolished in the 1980s. Photo: agracier - NO VIEWS (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Cortes de Baza