Castellón Alto
Castellón Alto is an Argaric culture archaeological site located in Galera, Granada and dated between 1900 and 1600 BE during the Bronze Age. The inhabited area was located on three natural terraces and the hillside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rafael Jiménez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Galera and Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación.
Archaeological Museum of Galera
Museum
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Archaeological Museum of Galera is situated 1¼ km east of Castellón Alto.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación
Church
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Castellón Alto.
Ermita de la Virgen de la Cabeza, Galera
Church
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ermita de la Virgen de la Cabeza, Galera is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Castellón Alto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galera and Castilléjar.
Galera
Village
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galera is a municipality in the comarca of Huéscar, province of Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is situated in a sparsely populated area roughly 150 kilometres from the provincial capital, Granada.
Castilléjar
Village
Castilléjar is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. It lies near the confluence of the Rio Galera and the Rio Guardal, approximately at the geographic centre of the Altiplano de Granada. Castilléjar is situated 7 km west of Castellón Alto.
Orce
Village
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Orce is a municipality located in the province of Granada, in southeastern Spain. According to the 2009 census, the town has a population of 1,333 inhabitants. Orce is situated 8 km east of Castellón Alto.
Castellón Alto
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cultural property in Galera, Spain
- Categories: grave, village, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Galera, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.74004° or 37° 44′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.56567° or 2° 33′ 56″ westOpen location code
8C9VPCRM+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 1038804546OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5821278
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Castellón Alto” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castellón Alto”
- French: “Castellón Alto”
- Galician: “Castellón Alto”
- German: “Castellón Alto”
- Portuguese: “Castellón Alto”
- Spanish: “Castellón Alto”
- Spanish: “El Castellon Alto”
- Spanish: “El Castellón Alto”
- Spanish: “Enclave Arqueológico de Castellón Alto”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include las Yeseras del Castellón Alto and Centro de Interpretación del Castellón Alto.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castellón Alto”. Photo: Rafael Jiménez, CC BY-SA 2.0.