Torres de Auençala
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: María Jesús Redondo
Creators: María Jesús Redondo
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 14, 2025 05:08 PM
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History
Torres de Auençala was a rural castle located in the west of Jaén. This type of settlement consisted of a fortified perimeter and small tower. This site belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X (thirteenth century). Today the site is known as Torre Venzalá and is located in Torredonjimeno.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/38259712
37.7614218, -3.9509951
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Torredonjimeno (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Castillo de Torre Venzalá (Torre Venzala: Spanish, modern)
- Torredonjimeno (Spanish, modern)
- Torres de Auençala (Spanish, AD 640 - AD 1453)
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castle, settlement-modern
Pleiades
The modern name of this site is Castillo de Torre Venzala, and it is located within Torredonjimeno village, close to Martos and not far from Bastora.
María Jesús Redondo, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Torres de Auençala: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/38259712> [accessed: 28 April 2025]
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Is the Castillo de Torre Venzala extant? It is not obvious from the OGM geometry or from the summary provided.