Castillo del Río - Aspe

Monuments

The Castle of the River is located 4 kilometers from the town of Aspe, (Vinalopó Medio), on a mound near the confluence of the Tarafa River with the Vinalopó River, from its location you can also see the Castle of La Mola in Novelda and the tower of Monforte del Cid. It is a walled enclosure located on a mound called "Tabayá" near the confluence of the Tarafa river with the Vinalopó, 3 km from the current Casco Urbano. Of Almoravid origin, concretely of the first third of Century XII, it was the first settlement nucleus of Aspe, known like "Aspe el Viejo"; In spite of it, in their environs also they have been rest of a previous establishment in the Iberian time. The walled enclosure, formed by 12 towers, lacks a keep and is currently partially demolished. In spite of this, canvases of walls and the base of several of their towers are conserved. The different investigations that have taken place in it, due to its great archaeological importance, allow us to see excavations thanks to which the visitor can get an idea of ​​what that enclosure should have been, built in its base in masonry, and from 1 , 5 m of rammed earth and boulders. It found one of the only two Arab plows found in all of Spain and is currently exposed in the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Alicante (MARQ). It is easily accessible through the road that connects Aspe with the Madrid-Alicante motorway.