The Barxell Castle, located in the municipality of
Alcoy
Alcoy (; ; officially: / ) is an industrial and university city, region and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The local authority reported a population of 61,135 r ...
,
Alicante
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, Spain, is a 13th-century medieval building which stands on a rocky mound in the middle of a pine forest. It is next to the CV-795 road, between Alcoy and
Banyeres de Mariola
Banyeres de Mariola (), known simply as Banyeres ( ), is a settlement and a municipality in the north of the province of Alicante (Spain), 860 metres above sea level, with a population of 7,500. The main employer is the local textile industry. T ...
. It is located in the rural place of Barxell at 800 metres altitude. It is very close to the "Solanetes" which had a small population in the
Muslim
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era.
The Barxell Castle is located in the rural place of Barxell, in the
Valley of Polop
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a ve ...
, a natural enclave of great scenic value between two natural parks, the
Font Roja and
Serra Mariola.
Bibliography
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*PAREDES VAÑÓ, Enric (2006), "El castell de Barxell" en Història d'Alcoi, Alcoi: Ajuntament d'Alcoi, Editorial Marfil, S.A., Centre Alcoià d'estudis Històrics i Arqueològics (p. 133)
*PAREDES VAÑÓ, Enric (2011), "Aproximación a la arquitectura de las fortificaciones en las montañas del valle central del Serpis. Las Torres". Actas del Séptimo Congreso Nacional de Historia de la Construcción. Instituto Juan de Herrera - Madrid - 2011. , 2 vols., 146 comunicaciones, 1507 pp.
See also
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Font Roja Natural Park
The Font Roja Natural Park (, ) is a natural park situated in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia, in eastern Spain.
The Font Roja natural park was declared on April 13, 1987 natural park by the Generalitat Valenciana. It is located in ...
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Serra Mariola Natural Park
The Serra Mariola Natural Park (; ) is a mountain range in the Valencian Community, Spain, one of the most peripheral offsprings of the Baetic System. Most of its territory is included in a natural park founded in 2002, covering an area of 17,257 ...
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Route of the Castles of Vinalopó
The Route of the castles of Vinalopó is a historic and cultural route located in the interior mountains of the Province of Alicante in Spain. It connects castles built to protect the populations of the Vinalopó Valley during the Middle Ages. ...
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Castle of Banyeres
The castle of Banyeres (Alicante), Valencian Community (Spain), is an Almohad fortress built in the 13th century, which is situated on the ''tossal de l'Àguila'' (Valencian), English: 'Hill of the Eagle', in the geographical center of Banyeres, ...
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Cocentaina Castle
The Castle of Cocentaina, located in the municipality of Cocentaina, Alicante, Spain, is a 14th-century medieval building which stands on a rocky mound of 765 m. The castle structure, recently restored, is one of the town's symbols. The tower is a ...
References
External links
File at the Valencial Library of Heritage
{{commonscat, Castell de Barxell
Castles in the Valencian Community
Buildings and structures in Alcoy
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Alicante