Description
The Castle of La Aragonesa is located in the area of La Aragonesa, near the village of San Julián, in the municipal term of Marmolejo and close to the provincial boundary between Córdoba and Jaén. During Islamic domination, Marmolejo must have been a small village or cortijo, since it is hardly mentioned in the chronicles until 1311 in which it is mentioned as a parish. It had a small castle, in which was the hermitage of San Lorenzo. From this castle there is only news that in the 15th century it was in dispute between the Marquis of Villena and the constable Miguel Lucas of Iranzo.
The best preserved medieval settlement in its term is the castle of the Aragonese, of Islamic origin, which after the conquest was used to transform it into a palaciega residence.
