The Carlist capture of Alpuente castle Historical milestone · Alpuente, Los Serranos, Valencia Image of Alpuente, not of the place itself. General Azpiroz laid siege to the fortress and took it in the final weeks of the First Carlist War; in 1875, during the Third, the liberal artillery ended up destroying the castle of el Poyo. 2 de mayo de 1840 Photo: Pacopac (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Alpuente