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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 21/06/2026 00:44:00

From the top of Mount Benacantil, a rocky hill rising 166 metres above the sea, the Castillo de Santa Barbara looks out over the city of Alicante and the whole sweep of its bay. The height gave the site great strategic value, since defenders could watch the bay and the surrounding land for any approaching threat. Remains from the Bronze Age, the Iberians and the Romans have been found on the slopes, but the castle itself dates from the 9th century, in the period of Muslim rule. On 4 December ...