Castillo
This is a fortified enclosure with a quadrangular floor plan, built using wide adobe and stonework. The 'donjon' style keep stands out on one of its sides. It has walls without towers, wide battlements and few barbicans. The entrance to the enclosure has pointed arches and loopholes facing the road to the Alpujarra, where the danger lay. Inside, there is a cistern embedded in the floor for self-supply. Built around the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, its clear purpose was to surveil, shelter and defend the population.
However, the current remains seem to date back to the sixteenth century and appear to be the work of the Castilians. They are up to three times smaller than the original Arab structure. This is evidenced by the existence of loopholes designed for cannons and culverins. Thus, the building was constructed using the foundations and materials of a pre-existing Arab castle.
Its main function was to guard the roads linking Granada to the coast, in coordination with the fortified castle of Vélez de Benaudalla. It is said that a mayor with autonomous powers resided in the castle, and that a small garrison of guards, scouts and stoppers depended on him. During the first Moorish rebellion in 1500, it was the scene of a personal attack by King Ferdinand 'the Catholic'. It is located southwest of the town.