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Castillo de Bury Al-Hamma, Baeza, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain

Inside the Castillo de Bury Al-Hamma or Burgalimar Castle, an Arab fortress completed 968 AD by the Cordoban Umayyad Caliph Alhakam II, in Banos de la Encina, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The castle has 15 10m high square towers and crenellated walls made from tamped earth and mortar, with a high keep added later in the Christian era, and is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Inside the Castillo de Bury Al-Hamma or Burgalimar Castle, an Arab fortress completed 968 AD by the Cordoban Umayyad Caliph Alhakam II, in Banos de la Encina, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The castle has 15 10m high square towers and crenellated walls made from tamped earth and mortar, with a high keep added later in the Christian era, and is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen