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Medieval tower of Argelita

Argelita, El Alto Mijares, Castellón

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Medieval tower of Argelita

Monument · Argelita, El Alto Mijares, Castellón

The medieval tower of Argelita, which in the 13th century belonged to Fernando, son of Zayd Abu Zayd, king of Valencia, formed part of the castle-palace of Argelita, the final residence of Zayd Abu Zayd himself after his pacts with Jaime I. The complex preserves two towers: the Torre Redonda, of Islamic origin, cylindrical in plan with two storeys above the ground floor, topped with battlements, which keeps at its base a commemorative Arabic inscription dated 1252; and the Torre Cuadrada, a manor tower also battlemented, of masonry with ashlar quoins and three storeys above the ground floor. Today both serve as a museum: the Torre Redonda houses an ethnological collection and the Torre Cuadrada rises beside it on the town square.

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