Azuaga

Azuaga lies in southern Extremadura beneath the rocky height of Miramontes Castle. The fortress owes its origins to the Zuwaga, a North African people who settled in the Iberian Peninsula under Muslim rule. In the twelfth century the geographer al-Idrisi included it among the secure places on the route between Córdoba and Badajoz. After the Christian conquest, the Order of Santiago used the castle as the seat of a commandery before moving to more comfortable quarters.