A steep 10-minute climb, past Montefrío's town hall (a former 18th-century palace), brings you to this hilltop castle overlooking the town, which hosts an interactive museum on local history. All that remains of the original Moorish fortress, built in 1382, is its defensive wall; after the Reconquista – Montefrío was taken by the Reyes Católicos in 1486 – Diego de Siloé was commissioned to build the looming Iglesia de la Villa within the castle complex in 1549.


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1. Iglesia Mayor de la Encarnación

0.17 MILES

Opposite Montefrío's tourist office stands the imposing neoclassical Iglesia Mayor de la Encarnación, whose striking circular form and 29.5m-high dome…

2. Fortaleza de la Mota

10.63 MILES

From a distance the Fortaleza de la Mota looks more like a city than a mere fort, with its high church tower and doughty keep rising above the surrounding…

4. Iglesia de la Aurora

12.68 MILES

One of Priego's most lavishly decorated baroque churches, with a particularly splendid gilded main altarpiece beneath an extravagantly decorated dome.

5. Parroquia de la Asunción

12.76 MILES

On the edge of the Barrio de La Villa, this church represents a high point in Andalucian baroque chiefly thanks to its wonderful Sagrario (Sacristy),…

6. Castillo de Priego de Córdoba

12.8 MILES

The rectilinear towers of Priego’s castle stand proudly alongside Plaza Abad Palomino. Originally an Islamic fortress, it was thoroughly remodelled by the…

7. Fuente del Rey

12.8 MILES

Southwest of the centre, an entire plaza/park is reserved for this splendid baroque fountain completed in 1803, with its three-tiered basin continually…

8. Centro Cultural Adolfo Lozano Sidro

12.9 MILES

You get three museums for your money here: a history museum with four rooms of well-displayed archaeological finds from the Priego area; a gallery with…