Castillo de Chiva (ruinas)

Spain, Spain

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Castillo de Chiva consists of the ruins of a 10th-century Islamic fortress perched on a rocky hill overlooking the town of Chiva in Valencia province, Spain.

Built during the Taifa period as part of a defensive chain controlling the Hoya de Buñol region, it featured robust walls, towers, and cisterns adapted later by Christian conquerors under Jaume I in the 13th century, though it saw limited further development. 

Now largely crumbled with visible remnants of its strategic layout amid pine forests, the site offers hiking access and evokes the Reconquista era's turbulent frontier history.