Hired by the Marquis of Villena, Juan Pacheco built the castle with many influences from multiple cultures of architecture (fortified).

[3] The architecture has Arab influences, including elbow entrances, albarrana towers, and underground galleries with intakes of water.

[5] 1242: Re-conquered from the Muslims, led by the Commander of Ucles, Pelayo Pérez Correa, with an army formed by Christians from the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon.

End of the 13th century: Important buildings appear such as the convent of San Juan of the Dominican order, the Church of El Salvador and that of Santa María in the current Plaza de La Mancha.

14th century: Chinchilla became part of the Señorío de Villena under the mandate of Don Juan Manuel.

1812: The castle suffered interior and exterior damages by the French troops during the Independence war 1900: The city council wanted to turn the castle into a prison causing to remove all remaining interior that was left behind by the French troops 1973: The town council got the castle back and destroyed the prison which was abandoned for 27 years (Fortified) Chinchilla de Montearagón Cesar Borgia Juan Pacheco Marquis of Villena King Juan II Don Juan Manuel Ayuntamiento de chinchilla de montearagón - castillo.