The Castle of Zahara de la Sierra (Spanish: Castillo de Zahara de la Sierra) is a castle located in Zahara de la Sierra, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1993.

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The Castle of Aznalmara (Spanish: Castillo de Aznalmara) is a castle located in Ubrique, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1993.

Castle of Aznalmara

Castillo de Olvera is located in Olvera in the province of Cádiz, southern Spain. It was built in the late 12th century as part of the defensive system of the Emirate of Granada. Situated on a rock 623 metres (2,044 ft) above sea level, the highest point of the town, the castle has an irregularly-shaped elongated triangle that fits the form of the rock base. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural monument in 1982.

Castillo de Olvera

Castle of Matrera (Spanish: Castillo de Matrera/Torre Matrera) is a medieval castle at Villamartín in Spain dating back to 9th century. It was declared a national monument in 1949 and an example of Bien de Interés Cultural ("Heritage of Cultural Interest") in 1985. The structure underwent a controversial restoration in 2015.

By 2010, only a few walls of the castle remained standing, and the ruins were further damaged by rain in 2013. A restoration project was launched in 2010, led by the architect Carlos Quevado, and completed in 2015. Parts of the tower were rebuilt with lime plaster similar to samples found on the site, with large, plain blocks defining the original shape of the castle. Quevado described his aim as being not only to protect the ruin, but to "recover the volume, texture and tonality that the tower would originally have had", and to differentiate new additions from the original structure.

The renovation received negative reactions from some locals, with Spain's cultural heritage organization Hispania nostra calling the project "absolutely terrible". It was praised by the architectural community, and was nominated for the 2016 Architizer A+ Award, in the Architecture Preservation category, winning the public choice vote. The Guardian described the design as neo-brutalist, and praised it for restoring "the clout its Moorish creators originally intended".