The castle of Alcalá del Júcar is located in this Spanish municipality in the province of Albacete, in the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha.

It is located on a crag formed by the gorge of the River Júcar, from where the whole town can be seen.

It is a fortress of Almohad origin, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, which, like all the castles and lands in the area, was an Iberian, Roman, Arab and Christian settlement.

When Alfonso VIII conquered the area around the River Júcar in around 1213, the castle passed into Christian hands. Subsequently, it belonged to the Marquisate of Villena.1

Islamic in style. It consists of a pentagonal tower and two circular turrets at right angles, with three levels inside. On the outside, there are still remains of the primitive wall.

There is a legend of a Christian princess, Zulema, who was sought after by the Moor Garadén, and who, true to her faith, committed suicide by throwing herself into the void. Another version of the legend tells of the forbidden love affairs of Zulema, this time a Muslim, with a Christian knight. In order to escape the wrath of her father, the Moor Garadén, both fled and settled in the present-day site of the nearby village of Zulema.