Fortress · Lawša
Alcazaba de Lawša
Today: Alcazaba de Loja, Loja
- Place
- Lawša (Loja)
- Kind
- Fortress
- Built
- 9th century
- What remains
- Standing
A fortress built around the 9th century at the top of Loja, linked to the watchtowers of the Nasrid frontier, which lost it in 1486. Five towers survive, with the cistern and the 9th-century clock tower, probably all that is left of the residential building of the medina.