Description
The Castle of Solera is located in the town of the same name, belonging since 1975 to the municipality of Huelma in the province of Jaén. Andalusia. The ruins of this Arab castle, of masonry and on a rocky needle, testified to the difficulties that Christians must have had until they managed to conquer it in 1433. The Castle was declared a Historical Monument in 1.985.
It is in a rocky spur at 1,090 meters high and is the highest castle in the province of Jaén. Two constructive phases are distinguished. At the top there are walls of irregular size masonry that delimit a small enclosure to which is associated a aljibe that still retains remains of the pointed cover vault. Below, there are remains of other larger buildings, a real castle flanked by masonry towers of armchairs at the angles and walls that close the enclosure. The communication between the two areas is carried out through a passage covered by a vault of half a barrel, also of masonry, and which preserves the remains of enlucido.
The whole construction is mounted on top of the rock that serves as a foundation. The original paraments with a strong deterioration are masked by recent remodeling.
From the Castle of Solera, of Nazari origin, you can see splendid views of the Vega in which the Jandulilla River and the Garganton River converge, as well as the village of Bélmez de la Moraleda and the Torreón del Lucero, which gives an idea of the defensive system that these lands had in the past.
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