Valderrobres Castle

Valderrobres lies at an altitude of 508 m on the Matarraña (Matarranya) river in the province of Teruel. The castle began in the late twelfth century as a defensive tower and was extended into a castle-palace in the fourteenth century, when the archbishops of Zaragoza had building work carried out here. Directly attached is the Gothic church of Santa María la Mayor from the sixteenth century; a passage links its tower to the castle. A museum within the complex explains both the castle and the church.

You enter the village over the medieval stone bridge of San Roque, with its pointed arches; the gates known as the Portal de San Roque and the Portal de los Leones date from the fourteenth century. The narrow lanes climb towards the castle. The village’s buildings include the sixteenth-century Renaissance town hall. Visiting times for the castle are fixed and should be checked in advance.