Placeta de los Castillas
Placeta de los Castillas is a square in Granada, Granada, Andalusia. Placeta de los Castillas is situated nearby to the square Placeta Aljibe de la Vieja, as well as near Placeta de los Ortegas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alhambra and Generalife.
Alhambra
Photo: Bernd Untiedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world. Alhambra is situated 1 km south of Placeta de los Castillas.
Generalife
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
The Generalife was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain. Generalife is situated 1 km southeast of Placeta de los Castillas.
Granada Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Granada Mosque is a Sunni Muslim mosque, located adjacent to the Plaza San Nicholas in the Albaicin district of Granada, Spain. Opened in 2003, it is the first mosque built in the city since 1492, when the conquest of Granada by Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon concluded the reconquest of Spain by the Catholic Monarchs. Granada Mosque is situated 210 metres south of Placeta de los Castillas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albaicín and Sacromonte.
Albaicín
Quarter
Photo: Miguel303xm, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Albaicín, also spelled Albayzín, is a neighbourhood of Granada, Spain. It is centered around a hill on the north side of the Darro River which passes through the city.
Sacromonte
Neighborhood
Sacromonte, sometimes also called Sacramonte, is a traditional neighbourhood in the eastern area of the city of Granada in Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the six neighbourhoods that make up the urban district of Albayzín and borders the neighbourhoods of Albayzín, San Pedro, Realejo-San Matías, El Fargue and Haza Grande.
Placeta de los Castillas
Latitude
37.1833° or 37° 10′ 60″ northLongitude
-3.59179° or 3° 35′ 30″ westOpen location code
8C9R5CM5+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 96267056OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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