Spain · Restored
Santa Bárbara Castle
Santa Bárbara Castle is a medieval and early modern fortress that crowns Mount Benacantil above the city of Alicante, Spain. The fortification occupies three terraced enclosures along the rocky summit and contains halls, bastions, a citadel area and a Renaissance cistern, now open to the public as a historical site and museum.
Its prime
1580
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1580
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on the 166 m limestone spur of Mount Benacantil, the castle is a series of beige stone curtain walls and terraces that follow the jagged rock profile. Ramparts and angular bastions step down the slope, with small circular sentry turrets on prominent corners and flat-roofed service buildings behind the walls. A zigzag access ramp and stairways run up the face of the rock toward the highest enclosure, where a flag flies above the Torreta and the whole complex overlooks the bay.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1580.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Santa Bárbara Castle — including 5 interiors: felipe ii hall (interior hall), noble room (former hospital), governor's house and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Santa Bárbara Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1580 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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