Castillo de Santa Ana

The castillo de Santa Ana, also known as Castillo de Las Roquetas,[1][2] is a fortification built between the 16th and 17th centuries, located in the town of Roquetas de Mar (Almería) which was used for refugee to the inhabitants who lived near the port.[3][4] It has an oblong shape.[4] Near the castle there is a lighthouse.[3]

Castillo de Santa Ana
Roquetas de Mar, Almería
Near Aguadulce in Spain
TypeCastle

The 1804 earthquake destroyed most of the structure, and only survived one of the towers and the raised level area,[5] which has been conserved and recovered.[6]

Nowadays the castle offers photography and art exhibitions, concerts, speeches and natters.[6] 23 January 2014, the Ayuntamiento de Almería offered a tribute to Julio Alfredo Egea, where assisted Gabriel Amat Ayllón, mayor of Roquetas, and Eloisa Cabrera, Culture's town councillor, with the participation of writers like Pilar Quirosa, and texts about the politicians José Antonio Santano and Miguel Ángel Blanco.[7]

From the castillo de Santa Ana to Punta Entinas Sabinal there are great beaches which develop the tourism of the town.[8] It was checked by Sr. Lizarraga in 1960, who visited the residential area of Roquetas de Mar.[9]

References
  1. Gómez López, Nieves (10 May 2004). "Ilustraciones y mapas". Cuentos de transmisión oral del poniente almeriense (in Spanish). Universidad de Almería. p. 32. ISBN 9788482402154.
  2. López Martín, J. (1978). La villa de Roquetas de Mar (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Almería. p. 39. ISBN 84-85342-03-8.
  3. Bovington, Robert (2009). "Roquetas and the costa Almeria". Spanish Impressions. Lulu.com. p. 21. ISBN 9781445225432.
  4. Alcocer Martínez 2005, p. 156.
  5. Alcocer Martínez 2005, p. 95.
  6. "Castillo de Santa Ana, Roquetas de Mar". Junta de Andalucía (in Spanish). Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. Jiménez Martínez, Francisco (2005). "Biografía y trayectoria literaria". La obra poética de Julio Alfredo Egea. Universidad de Almería. p. 120. ISBN 9788482408033.
  8. Checa Olmos, Juan Carlos (22 December 2014). "Organización territorial y residencial en el campo de Dalías. El caso de Roquetas de Mar". La diferenciación residencial de los inmigrados en Almería: El caso de Roquetas de Mar (in Spanish). Universidad de Almería. p. 548. ISBN 9788482407340.
  9. Checa Olmos, Juan Carlos; Checa Olmos, Francisco (2007). Ecosistema de Campo de Dalías (1950-2004) (in Spanish). Universidad de Almería. p. 105. ISBN 9788482408309.

Bibliography


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.