Fog, a castle, a wall and a legendary past

The town is a tourist enclave par excellence for those who love history from centuries ago.

Guzmanes Castle

One of the most attractive monuments is the Guzmanes Castle, raised on the old arab citadel after the Reconquista, inside the wall, and of Roman origin. preserves elements of the old Arab fortress, although its current plan dates back to from the 15th century. The castle suffered several reforms by Visigoths, Arabs and Christians.

This space, once the Visigoths conquered Niebla, and after the necessary repairs, was occupied by the Visigothic military leaders.

With the Arab domination, the Castle became the Alcázar or Palace and is enriched with colored tile coverings, plasterwork and inscriptions and ceramics. Furthermore, fuents adorned with mosaics.

The fortress suffered great damage and looting, especially in the earthquake of 1755, which seriously affected the keep and the French they blew up the building upon abandoning it in 1812.

It currently has several rooms in which past eras are recreated, such as the Chamber of the Countess, the Armory or the Dungeons and two underground levels where more than 30 torture instruments and machines are displayed.

Wall

The walls of Niebla owe the style they preserve today to the Almohad domination, although they include remains from different periods such as the Tartessians, Romans and Muslims. The reddish color of the walls made Niebla known as “the red one” by geographers in Muslim times. It has a perimeter of two kilometers and up to forty towersall rectangular in plan.

This fortified enclosure is he more complete of those preserved in Spain. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times, especially during the Muslim era. Almost all the work that is preserved today can be dated during the Almoravid rule, around 1330. The last king of Niebla, Aben-Mahfot, before the arrival of the Christian troops on Niebla and as a precautionary measure, rebuilt the entire enclosure, leaving the five doors main ones it has: that of Seville, Socorro, Buey, Embarcadero and Agua and two octagonal towers.

Two enclosures

In the town there are two areas. One of them the Islamic which covers the area of ​​the pier or landing stage, conforming to the chair, on which sections of the enclosure’s rammed earth are superimposed. The walls have been declared National monument.

In it roman enclosure There are visible traces of the Ilipla. The existence of padded ashlars reveals the fingerprint Roman at the base of the Puerta de Sevilla, as well as the remains on which the section of rammed earth in the area called Ollita Alley. The Roman wall is supposed to have been made up of ashlars and interlocking masonry, with massive towers located at regular intervals.

The historical visit to Niebla is completed with a rich and varied gastronomy where the tagarninas ‘asparagus’asparagus omelette, scrambled spinach from the countryside or ‘enzapatás’ beans, This is a stew of beans with pennyroyal, typical of the Condado just like the beans in ‘colorao’.