Ducal Castle Of Mirror

The Ducal castle of Mirroralso known as "The Watchtower of Pay Arias"., is a fortification of the THIRTEENTH century, situated on the summit of the municipality of Mirror, Cordoba, 418 meters above sea level.

Currently, the castle belongs to the Duchy of Osunabut its origin could be traced back to the Bronze age. In this place was the oppidum ibero of Ucubithat was a witness to the siege of Ategua during the Second Roman Civil War, led by Julius Caesar against the children of Pompey the Great.

In the islamic period, the place was called Alcalat ("the fortress"), and after the Castilian conquest, it was given the name of Specula. In 1303, Fernando IV of Castile he was recognized as lordship and commissioned to Pay Arias Castro, warden of the Real Alcázar of Córdoba, who organized a town due to its proximity to the border of the alhambra of Granada.

From the mid-NINETEENTH century, it became the property of the House of Osuna. In 1867, Ángela María Fernández de Córdoba, countess of Mirror, is married with Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón, SIXTEENTH duke of Escalona, whose son Luis Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Córdoba he inherited the title of the XIV century duke of Osuna. In the TWENTIETH century, the FIFTEENTH duke of Osuna married Petra Duque de Estrada, and his daughter, XVI, duchess of Osuna, Angela Mariahe married in 1946, at the chapel of the castle of Mirror and the church of San Bartolomé.

The visit to the castle starts in the Plaza de Armas, where is the Tower of the Knights, and continues in the interior of the castle, which houses a collection of weapons from history. In the Tower of Homageremains of assaults, war, flags of the Order of Santiago and a reservoir full of stories and legends.

On the top floor, decorated with shields ducal, are the Library and the Mirador de Doña Juanathat offers spectacular views. To finish, the visitors can enjoy the scenery from the merlons and the passing of the guard, the highest point of the countryside of córdoba, from where you can see up to seven nearby towns.

The Ducal castle of Mirror it is a place full of history, legends and magic, that will transport you to a bygone era. It is, without doubt, a castle full of life.