page_title: List of castles in Spain
section_title: Castellón
hierarchical_section_title: List of castles in Spain / Valencian Community / Castellón
caption_attribution_description: English: Historic centre of Peñíscola, Castellón, Spain. Español: Casco histórico de Peñíscola, Castellón, 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: Castle of Abenromà
  Castle of Adzeneta
  Castle of Albalat dels Ànecsᵉˢ
  Castle of Albocàsser
  Castle of Alcalatén
  Castle of Alcudia de Veo
  Castle of Almenara
  Castle of Almonacid
  Castle of Artana
  Castle of Ayódar
  Castle of Azuébar
  Castle of Benalí
  Castle of Borriol
  Castle del Bou Negre
  Castle of Castellnovo
  Castle of Castro
  Castle of Cervera del Maestre
  Castle of El Toro
  Castle of Eslida
  Castle of Espadillaᵉˢ
  Castle of Fadrell
  Castle of Fanzara
  Castle of Ganalur
  Castle of Herbers
  Castle of La Todolella
  Castle of les Torrocelles
  Castle of Mauz
  Castle of Mirabet (Cabanes)
  Castle of Montornés
  Castle of Morella
  Castle of Olocau
  Castle of Onda
  Castle of Peniscola
  Castle of Tales
  Castle of Toga
  Castle of Vialeva
  Castle of Vilafamés
  Castle of Villamalur
  Castle of Xinquer
  Castle of Xivert
  Castle-palace of the Ximénez d'Urrea or Castle of Urrea
  Palace-castle of Betxí
  Tower of Càlig
  Tower of Cap i Corb
  Tower del Marqués or Tower of Na Blanca
  Tower Ebrí
  Tower of L'Oró
  Tower del Mal Paso
  Tower dels Moros (Cinctorres)
  Tower del Pilón
  Tower of Anníbal
  Tower Quadrada de Argelita
  Tower Redonda (Argelita)
  Tower of Sant Vicent (Benicàssim)
  Tower of Torrechiva
  Fortified town of Torralba del Pinar
caption: Castle of Peñíscola
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