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What to see and do in Castell de Castells

What to see and do in Castell de Castells (La Marina Alta, Alicante): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments

How far each place is from the centre of Castell de Castells

El Castell de la Serrella 2.2 km

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What to see and do in Castell de Castells

Castell de Castells
Village
Castell de Castells is a municipality in Alicante, in la Marina Alta, with 443 inhabitants, the last village of the comarca on the axis linking Alcoy, Denia and Benidorm. It owes its name to the old Castle of Serrella, which is why it was also known as Castell de Serrella; it was part of the domains of Al-Azraq until James I incorporated it into the Crown of Aragon in 1254, and was populated by moriscos until their expulsion, when they were defeated in the Battle of the Pla de Petracos and the place was repopulated with Majorcan Christians. It lives off dryland farming — almonds, olives, carob — and rural tourism, and preserves the tradition of working palm leaves into baskets and bags. In its municipal area lies the sanctuary of Pla de Petracos, with macroschematic rock art paintings, a World Heritage Site.
Ethnological Museum of Macroschematic Art of Petracos
Monument
Museum devoted to the Pla de Petracos, a Neolithic sanctuary with Macroschematic rock paintings declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the municipal district of Castell de Castells.
El Castell de la Serrella
Monument
An old fortress that gave the municipality its name, originally called Castell de Serrella, around which remains of the Morisco alquerías of Aialt, Bitla and l'Alcúdia are preserved. Located on the boundary between the municipalities of Castell de Castells and Beniardà, at 1,051 metres above sea level on the Castellet crag, it is a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) of Muslim origin dating from the 11th century, abandoned after the Reconquest, of which today only some parts of the wall, the cistern and remains of the tower survive. It stands on the peak known as Penya Foradada, in the Serrella range, and overlooks the valley of the Guadalest river -a route from the coast into the interior of the region, probably the reason for its construction- as well as the upper course of the Xaló river.