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Castle of La Puebla de los Infantes
Castle located at about 231 m above sea level on a platform surrounded by two ravines. It is located in a contact zone between the Sierra and the Campiña, between Sierra Morena and the Guadalquivir valley. In its surroundings there are important fortifications such as Almenara, Toledillo, Peñaflor, Palma del Río, Lora del Río. However, this fortress was linked to Constantina, as the head town of Sierra Morena in this territory that we now call the Sierra Norte of Seville.
Castle of El Real de la Jara
Built during the first half of the 14th century to protect the Vía de la Plata and delimit the frontier of the former territory of Seville, the Castle of El Real de la Jara formed part, together with the castles of Cala and Santa Olalla de Cala, of an effective system for the defence and control of the territory. Its walled enclosure, adapted to the topography of the hill and reinforced with eight towers, retains considerable architectural interest. Declared a Site of Cultural Interest, the castle is today one of the municipality's main historical and heritage landmarks.
Castillo y Torre del Reloj
The castle and the Clock Tower are two of the main historical landmarks of Almadén de la Plata. The castle, dating from the 14th century, served defensive functions and controlled the Vía de la Plata and a territory characterised by its wealth of mineral and quarrying resources. Over time, it lost its military function, and part of its structures were reused in the 18th century to build the Municipal Granary, which was restored in 1997 to house the present-day Town Hall. A few metres away stands the Clock Tower, built in 1905 on the former Hospital of Los Ángeles. Its slender silhouette continues to dominate the square and constitutes one of the main urban landmarks of Almadén de la Plata.
Castle of Alanís
A castle on the defensive line, which protected the northern border of the Kingdom of Seville. It consists of an irregular hexagonal enclosure with a tower and a barbican. It was built in the late 14th century – the period to which most of the building dates – but the tower chamber and the double-flight staircase were added during the second half of the 15th century.
Castle of Constantina
The Castle hill in Constantina was fortified for the first time in the 14th century with an oval-shaped wall to which a cistern was added. The building that we see today, oval in plan and flanked by towers of circular and ultra-semicircular plan, dates from the end of the 15th century and its builder was Rodrigo Ponce de León, at that time governor of the fortress appointed by the council (town council) of Seville. The old enclosing wall of the 14th century became the outer wall of the new castle.
Constantina was the main town of the Sierra de Constantina district, a district rich in hunting, in mines (Cerro del Hierro) and in oak, chestnut, holm oak, alder, ash and cork oak woods. Communal forests or property of the Royal Shipyards of Seville.