Ecotourism 04. Inland Andalusia

n see the intense power of the noble estates.
s and palaces are in the hands of the nobility
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you continue on to Ronda
that has conserved some
parts of its walls. The castles
of Atajate and Benaladid are
cemeteries today, the bastions
of Jimena and Castellar
de la Frontera have been
conserved, the Almoraima
convent is in this municipality,
built in the sixteenth
century and occupied by the
Mercedarians. And in Tarifa,
at the end of this route, the
impressive castle of Guzmán
el Bueno (eleventh century)
that recalls the legendary
heroic deed of the knight
who preferred to lose his
son rather than surrender to
the Moors.
In Córdoba you can see the
intense power and impetus
of the noble estates, this is
such that some of the castles
and palaces are in the
hands of the nobility, like
the Almodóvar castle situated
on the banks of the river
Guadalquivir, with its eight
defiant towers.
Continue on to the city of
Córdoba (monastery of San
Jerónimo, Alcázar de los
Reyes Católicos, Torre de
la Calahorra) and then to
Espiel and Bélmez with the
rocky castle and then on
to the magnificent forts at
Belalcázar.
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