Peñíscola, Castellón, Valencia, Spain, Oct 2021

Peñíscola, located on the Costa del Azahar along the Mediterranean coast is often called the "Gibraltar of Valencia" and locally as "The City in the Sea". It is a fortified seaport, with a lighthouse, built on a rocky headland about 220 feet (67 m) high, and joined to the mainland by only a narrow strip of land. The present castle was built by the Knights Templar between 1294 and 1307. In the fourteenth century it was garrisoned by the Knights of Montesa, and in 1420 it reverted to the Crown of Aragon. In 1960 the castle was restored, improved and new walls were added when Anthony Mann's film El Cid was partially filmed there. In October 2015 part of the Game of Thrones series was filmed there as well.