Fortress · Mārida

Alcazaba de Mārida

Today: Alcazaba de Mérida, Mérida

Place: Mārida (Mérida)
Kind: Fortress
Built: 835
What remains: Standing

The oldest Muslim fortification in the peninsula, built by the emir ʿAbd al-Raḥmān II in 835 beside the Roman bridge over the Guadiana to command a city that had rebelled in 805. It is part of the archaeological ensemble of Mérida, a World Heritage Site, and can be visited.

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