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What to see and do in Bélmez de la Moraleda

What to see and do in Bélmez de la Moraleda (Sierra Mágina, Jaén): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Bélmez de la Moraleda

Bélmez de la Moraleda
Village
Municipality with 1,504 inhabitants (INE 2025), founded as a villa in 1524.
Castillo de Bélmez de la Moraleda
Monument
Fortress declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1985.
Las Caras de Bélmez
Curiosity
Since 1971, face-shaped stains have been documented on the floor of a house in the town, a phenomenon widely investigated and never proven to be a fraud, which has had its own interpretation center since 2013.
Conquistas y villazgo de Bélmez de la Moraleda
Historical milestone
The castle was conquered by the infante Pedro of Castile in 1317, recaptured by the Muslims in 1368, and definitively taken by the Christians in 1448. The municipality was established as a villa in 1524, after its lands were distributed among the farmers.
Torre del Lucero y Castillo de Chincoya
Monument
Defensive remains within the territory of Bélmez de la Moraleda, alongside the municipality's main castle.
Puente del Gargantón
Nature
The Gargantón river crosses the municipality with a distinctive bridge, in a landscape of limestone formations where the alpine swift and the red-billed chough nest.