Castell de Santa Àgueda

Archaeological finds suggest that initial constructions from the Bronze Age (Talaiotic period) served as the basis for later walls. Roman pottery and coins also confirm a Roman settlement at this location. The oldest surviving parts of the current castle complex, two round towers, date from the 10th and 11th centuries and display Moorish architecture. In 1287, Castell de Santa Àgueda served as the last bastion of resistance against the conquest by King Alfonso III. A later religious building, known as the Chapel of Santa Àgueda, was erected at the request of Leonor de Portugal and became a pilgrimage site for the patron saint of married women and nursing mothers.

The castle ruin is located in the municipality of Ferreries on Menorca, an island in the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It stands at an elevation of approximately 255 meters above sea level.