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Castle of Cofrentes

Cofrentes, El Valle de Cofrentes-Ayora, Valencia

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Castle of Cofrentes

Monument · Cofrentes, El Valle de Cofrentes-Ayora, Valencia

The castle of Cofrentes stands on a promontory at the confluence of the Júcar and Cabriel rivers, with remains of occupation from the Bronze Age and Iberian and Roman times. The present fortress, of Islamic origin, was built between 1147 and 1172 using rammed-earth technique to control the floodplains of both rivers; by the Treaty of Campillo of 1281 it passed to the Kingdom of Valencia. In the 16th-17th centuries it served as a palace-residence; in the 18th century it was taken by the troops of Philip V during the War of the Spanish Succession, and suffered further damage during the Peninsular War and the Carlist Wars, ending up in ruins at the start of the 20th century. Rectangular in plan, it has a lower enclosure or albacar and an upper defensive one, with rubble-stone walls and an ashlar gateway with a semicircular arch. It has been a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 2001.

Photo: Falconaumanni (CC BY 3.0)

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