Santa Catalina Castle
About the place
- Country : Spain , Jaén
- Address : Cerro Santa Catalina, s/n, 23003 Jaén ,Spain.
- Category : Palaces and Castles
Santa Catalina Castle
Castillo de Santa Catalina
Overview :
The Andalusian castle is called Castillo de St Catalina.
The reason for this name is a paragraph inscribed in Spanish over one of the fort's inner building that mean in Arabic “on November 25, 1246 AD, in the day of Saint Catalina, Ibn Al-Ahmar, the King of Granada, delivered this fortress to Fernando III, and from that day the saint is the protector of the city of Jaén.
Sources:
andalushistory website
“Nozom hokm alamawyin wa rusumuhum fi alandalus” Book by Salem bin Abdullah al-Khalaf
