Castellar de la Frontera

Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España

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The whole of old Castellar sits inside the walls of a Moorish and Christian fortress on a rock above the Guadarranque reservoir, once a link in the Nasrid frontier defences. In the 1970s its people moved to a new town below, and German newcomers took over the empty houses. All around spread the cork-oak woods of Los Alcornocales, whose bark is still stripped for a living.

Highlights

Castillo de Castellar, a Nasrid fortress declared a monument in 1963
Views to Gibraltar and the North African coast on clear days
Convento de la Almoraima, a Mercedarian friary built in 1603
Cork-oak forests of the Los Alcornocales natural park
Prehistoric rock paintings in the caves around the old village

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Castellar de la Frontera (ES), Castellar de la Frontera (EN), Castellar de la Frontera (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 2,984

Things to see

Events through the year

Holy Week Religious · Holy Week (March or April)Processions of three images and traditional dishes
Feria de Castellar Fairs and markets · Days before the first Sunday of MayEarliest fair in the Campo de Gibraltar, ending with the romería
Romería de San Isidro Labrador Religious · 18 MayIn honour of the patron of farmers
Romería del Santísimo Cristo de La Almoraima Religious · First Sunday of May