Alhaferia Castle

Alhaferiya Castle, built in the XI century by decree of Emir Al Muqtadir, is the only Islamic building of the Tayfa era that has survived to this day without much destruction.

The construction of the palace continued from 1065 to 1081. It was built in the likeness of the Umayyad palaces and is a building built in the Mudejar style, with elements of Renaissance, Moorish and Gothic architecture.

The rectangular palace has several rounded towers. In the external decoration, you can see intermittent arches decorated with plaster ornament of plant motifs. The courtyard of the castle has openwork porticoes, but with Gothic ornament, and the inner chambers are decorated with marble decor. You can also visit the “golden hall”, decorated in red and blue colors, a chapel decorated with stucco in the form of leaves, and other rooms of the courtyard.