page_title: List of castles in Spain
section_title: Málaga
hierarchical_section_title: List of castles in Spain / Andalucía / Málaga
caption_attribution_description: Español: Alcazaba y Peña de los Enamorados, Antequera, España.
context_page_description: The castles in Spain were built mainly for the country's defense, particularly with respect to fortification. During the Middle Ages, northern Christian kingdoms had to secure their borders with their Muslim southern neighbours, thus forcing both Christian and Muslim kings to grant border fiefs to their liege noblemen so as to keep and maintain defensive fortresses. When the Reconquista advanced, those border castles lost their initial purpose, and, as in the rest of medieval Europe, they were used as noble residences and fief-keeps. Sporadic threats of war maintained their initial military purposes as enemy invasions were common. In some locations, such as the Basque country, fiefdoms did not exist as such, and noble families could not afford nor did they need huge fortresses, giving rise to many tower houses. In Muslim Spain many castle-palaces were built: the petty taifa kingdoms that arose after the fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba were militarily weak thus castles began taking on a more aesthetic purpose.
context_section_description: Alcazaba of Málaga
  Castle of Gibralfaro (Málaga)
  Sohail Castle
  Alcazaba of Antequera
  Alcazaba of Vélez-Málaga
  Castle del Águila
  Castle of Álora
  Castle of Archidona
  Castle of Bentomiz
  Castle of Bezmiliana
  Castle of Cártama
  Castle of Hins-Canit
  Castle of Jévar
  Castle of Santa Catalina (Málaga)
  Castle of Zalia
  Tower Battery of La Cala del Moral
  Tower Bermeja (Benalmádena)
  Tower of Calaburras
  Torre Ladrones
  Torre Río Real
  Tower of Calaburras
  Tower Molinos
  Tower del Muelle
  Tower Quebrada
  Nasrid Walls and Port Walls (Málaga)
  Phoenician Walls of Málaga
  Urban Walls of Marbella
caption: Alcazaba of Antequera
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