Castillo de las Huelgas
The two towers of this castle have prompted archivists to attribute its construction to the Berber occupation of al-Andalus, although the previous existence of an Iberian oppidum is suggested, with remains of Roman work. It seems that it was remodeled by Castilian Christians in the thirteenth century. In the 1224 campaign, Fernando III of Castile conquered the castle without resistance, together with those of Iznadiel and Espeluy, which highlights the inefficiency of the Almohad defensive system, which spanned a great number of internal conflicts. In 1243, Fernando III granted this castle to the city of Baeza. In 1321 the city of Baeza granted it to Don Día Sánchez de Biedma, among other Mayors of Jaén. In the seventeenth century, Martín Ximena Jurado pointed out that it was ruined and has remained in that state ever since.
Location
Located west of Jabalquinto, off the A-44 from Bailén to Jaén, Km 307, next to the farmhouse called Las Huelgas.