Torreón Árabe (Torre del Homenaje)
The tower was built in 886 by order of General Hashim ben Abd al-Aziz. Archives reference the existence of an old Arab castle in the town, built in the middle of the ninth century to fortify the left bank of the Guadalquivir River and to serve as an outpost for the Iznatoraf fortress in its defense of the pass over the river, but the vestiges that have survived to this day show a clear Christian construction, of which only one tower has been preserved. According to Manuel de Góngora, who studied the archeology of the province of Jaén, it was built on a the site of a Roman fortress. Located on Calle Eras.
Torreón Árabe (Torre del Homenaje) The tower was built in 886 by order of General Hashim ben Abd al-Aziz. Archives reference the existence of an old Arab castle in the town, built in the middle of the ninth century to fortify the left bank of the Guadalquivir River and to serve as an outpost for the Iznatoraf fortress in its defense of the pass over the river, but the vestiges that have survived to this day show a clear Christian construction, of which only one tower has been preserved. According to Manuel de Góngora, who studied the archeology of the province of Jaén, it was built on a the site of a Roman fortress. Located on Calle Eras.