Yeste Castle

Phone: 967 431 154 (Oficina de Turismo)

Email: info@yesteturismo.com

Website: www.yesteturismo.com/

Location

Located in the centre of the town.

Type of monument

Forts

Period

11th century.

Special trips

“Route of the Atalayas, through the Santiaguista Encomienda of Yeste and Taibilla”, well signposted paths. (Can also be done using a satnav).

Surroundings

The lands around Yeste form part of the Calares del Munco y la Sima Natural Park, between steep mountains and deep valleys.

How to get there

Road transport

Yeste Castle was initially a rectangular fortress with 13th century towers to which a fortified enclosure where the town was to be found.

The whole area was intensely populated by Iberians, Romans, and later Arabs, who made Yeste a great fortress. Following the Christian conquest in the 13th century, the lands of Yeste were given to the Order of Santiago, to protect this border zone, as it was linked to the Arabic kingdoms of Valencia and Andalusia.

It currently boasts a keep, a parade ground and a palatial area with a beautiful gothic window. It is in a good state of repair, having been restored and rehabilitated.

Mediaeval Interpretation Centre “Living the Frontier” is to be found in the Parade Ground, with an attractive tour of medieval history in three galleries: Encomienda Gallery, Mixed Gallery: Muslim and Christian, and Armoury. In the old prison cells there is an Ethnology Museum.

Timetables

Monday to Saturday: at 12 noon and 5pm (summer, 6pm). Sundays: at 12 noon