Castillo de Santa Bárbara
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03002 Alicante, SpainPhone:
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Santa Bárbara Castle (Valencian: Castell de Santa Bàrbara) is a fortification in the center of Alicante. It stands on Mount Benacantil (166 m). Bronze Age, Iberian, and Roman artifacts have been found on the slopes of the mountain, but the origins of the castle date to the 9th century at the time of Muslim control of the Iberian Peninsula, from 711 till 1296.
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