La Mola Castle
La Mola Castle rises from a small plain 360 m above sea level, 3km northeast from the city of Novelda.
A fortress of Islamic origin, it was built in the late 12th century. It has a polygonal floor shape with eight square cubes overhanging. Today only four remain, two of which are covered up. They feature a square tower inside which today is missing its top, made from adobe on a masonry base.
The existing tower is 11m high by 9m wide, although it is missing a floor; the room below is lit by a barbican. The tower is entered by a half-mesh door at the top.
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La Mola Castle, locally known as Castillo de la Mola, lies on a high hill north of the town of Novelda, in the province of Alicante in Spain.
La Mola Castle was built in the 12th century under Almohad rule on the site of an old Roman fortification and would have been part of the Kingdom of Murcia. It had intervisibility with Del Río Castle to the south. In the middle 13th century it was conquered by the troops of Alfonso X of Castile. In 1296 it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Valencia. James II of Aragon then ceded it to his wife Blanche of Anjou. During the 14th century the castle was reformed and strengthened. In later times it was owned by numerous others, the majority of them connected to royals.
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