Castillo de la Alquería

The Castillo de la Alquería, a crumbling fortification, sits on a hill near the confluence of the river de Montán and the river Mijares. This strategic location overlooks the flat expanse of land that the river forms as it passes through Montanejos, as well as the roads that came from Cortes de Arenoso and Zucaina, and the town of Montán itself. The castle is catalogued as a cultural heritage item, with codification both in the ministry (RI-51-0011254, annotated on December 20, 2004) and in the Generalitat Valenciana (12.08.079-004).

Currently, the castle is in a deteriorated state. There are three distinct structures: two towers and an aljibe. The aljibe, with a rectangular floor plan and a vaulted roof, has been waterproofed. The southern tower is rectangular, with a base made of large, roughly squared blocks of stone. The southern tower has a section of regular, smaller stones followed by a layer of flat stones, marking the start of irregular masonry with dark mortar. Not all of the southern tower has this layer of flat stones.

The northern tower is massive and rectangular with irregular masonry and abundant dark mortar. The northern tower is in an advanced state of degradation. The aljibe's walls have been waterproofed, and in the central upper part, there is a compluvium.

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