[citation needed] The castle is situated on the outskirts of Jimena de la Frontera in the Province of Cádiz, Spain.

The castle was originally built by the Grenadian Moors of the Umayyad Caliphate ruling over the area of Hispania Baetica (modern Andalusia) in the 8th Century.

Given its strategic location on the frontier of the Gibraltar region, this fortress proved an important Moorish stronghold throughout the Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula.

[citation needed] The outer defenses consist of a long irregular wall that is lengthened in places to adapt to the uneven mountainous terrain.

the Torre del Homenaje, with its large circular dome juts out of the Alcázar at a height of 13 meters making it the tallest tower of the castle.