The castle of La concepcion - murcia car hire

The castle of La concepción in cartagena takes up a strategic hill on which all the peoples who settled by this sheltered bay decided to build their defences from the dawn of time.

The remains we still keep may also be traced back to king Alfonso X, who ordered their construction in 1245, after the occupation of the city. The puerta de la Villa may be found nearby. It used to be the main access point to the citadel.

The castle of Mula, though not strictly medieval (it was built in 1524) is one of the best preserved of all, and still shows the splendour of the Fajardo family, their proprietors in the XVI century; the fortress is a superb work of masonry, erected on a rocky spur on the heights above Mula and its meadows. Still another famous fortress is that in Moratalla, built by the knight of the Order of St James, to whom the village was entrusted after the Reconquest; its Torre del Homenaje (Keep) is a robust work of masonry with ashlar angles more than 20 metres high and nine metres wide.

The improvements and extension of the castle of Caravaca may be attributed to the Order of the Templars, Inside, the santuario de la Cruz (sanctuary of the Cross).