Requesens Castle
Requesens Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the southern valleys of Mount Neulós, approximately 7 km east of the Requesens neighbourhood. For centuries, it has controlled the passage into Spain and corresponds to the ancient village of Requesens, a settlement in La Jonquera.Photo: Tantarantana, Public domain.
Photo: Mikipons, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cultural property in La Junquera, Spain
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santuari de Requesens and La Cantina.
Santuari de Requesens
Church
Photo: Gorjablanc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santuari de Requesens is a church, which is situated 670 metres northwest of Requesens Castle.
La Cantina
Building
Photo: Gorjablanc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Cantina is a building, which is situated 630 metres northwest of Requesens Castle.
Dolmen del Coll de Medàs I
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dolmen del Coll de Medàs I is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ km south of Requesens Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muntanya de Requesens and Cantallops.
Cantallops
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cantallops is a small, bucolic mountain town in Northeastern Catalonia, Spain, that offers a large change of scenery of the coastal towns nearby.
L’Albère
Village
Photo: El Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
L'Albère is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. L’Albère is situated 6 km northwest of Requesens Castle.
Requesens Castle
- Categories: castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: La Jonquera, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.44659° or 42° 26′ 48″ northLongitude
2.94464° or 2° 56′ 41″ eastElevation
493 metres (1,617 feet)Open location code
8FJ4CWWV+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 188997799OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
6458921Wikidata ID
Q4892611
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Requesens Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “castell de Requesens”
- Catalan: “Castell de Requesens”
- Cebuano: “Castell de Requesens”
- French: “château de Requesens”
- French: “Château de Requesens”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Ρεκεζένς”
- Russian: “Замок Рекесенс”
- Russian: “Рекесенс”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Requesens”
- Swedish: “Castell de Requesens”
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