Castillo de la Yedra

The Castillo de la Yedra in Cazorla has Islamic roots, possibly from the Almohad period in the 12th century, and was completed by the Christians; the interior rooms are mostly Gothic. Today it houses a historical section and the Museum of Art and Popular Customs of the Alto Guadalquivir, with a weapons room, suits of armour, oil-mill models and a reconstructed Cazorla kitchen.

Below it lie the ruins of the church of Santa María, a Renaissance building probably of the 16th century, possibly by Andrés de Vandelvira. A storm and flood in 1694, a fire in 1903 and damage in the Civil War ruined it; since it was stabilised in 2009/10 it has housed the tourist information office and an events space. Beneath the Plaza de Santa María the Río Cerezuelo flows through a barrel vault, which made it possible to build the church; guided tours are available through the Centro Temático Frondoso Naturaleza. The castle's opening times differ between summer and winter.