Alcala la Real

Alcala la Real is a city in the area of Jaen, Spain. As indicated by the 2006 registration INE, the city has a populace of 22,129 occupants. Alcala la Real is arranged 71 kilometers from the commonplace capital, Jaen, and 53 kilometers from Granada, on the slants of La Mota, a slope in the Sierra Sur. The town is ruled by a huge Moorish stronghold around which, a few centuries back, the settlement developed. Alcala la Real is associated with the Guadalquivir valley by means of the Guadajoz tributary.

The city stayed under the marquisses of Villena until the mid 16th century, when the centralism presented by the Catholic Monarchs began to lessen the intensity of the noblemen, in spite of the fact that the marquisate stayed in presence until the 19th century. The elimination of the La Mota slope finished after the Peninsular War against the Napoleonic troops who possessed the fortification from 1810 and 1812. On withdraw the Napoleonic powers set fire to the upper city, bringing about fractional decimation of the Abbey Church. Amid the Spanish Civil War, Alcala was taken by the Nationalists, who held it until the finish of the contention. This did not spare the city from significant pulverization, because of its region to the threats.

Fundamental sights:

• La Mota post, of Islamic birthplace, on the slope with a similar name
• Alcazaba, an invigorated region with a triangular shape, with three towers
• Murallas, a line of dividers with a few towers
• Palacio Abacial, now lodging the Museum of Alcala la Real
• Pilar de la calle Oteros, a fantastic plinth for water from 1746