El Castell d'Ambra It is a castle of Arab origin located on the mountain that bears his name, Ambra, in the Serra de Migdia, in the municipality of Pego. It dates back to the beginning of the 1220th century, so it is a late Islamic construction. It seems that its function was to welcome a community of people, because it can be considered a fortified town. From it you can see the access to the Vall d'Ebo. It had a very short life, because it stood between the years 1280 and XNUMX.
The castle is in relatively good condition, so we know that there was a barbican or protective wall, several towers and a cistern. It rises to a height of 264 meters above sea level and its construction is adapted to the rocky Ambra mountain: in fact, the around twenty houses that existed inside took advantage of the natural structure of the rock.
According to Joan Miquel Almela, Municipal Archivist of Pego:
To the southeast of it is the access door to the enclosure, between the avantmural (barbican) and the castle wall. The access is made up of two doors arranged longitudinally, a guardhouse interspersed between them. This body of guard allowed to do the guaita between the two gates during the night, as well as the rest of the walkers in its access to the castle. In the same guard bench we can see what could be a curious medieval game made up of eight holes in which stones of different sizes would have to be faced.
The castle of Ambra was important in the Mudejar revolts led by Al-Azraq. From 1276 it began to lose its military importance and completely lost it when from 1280 the new town of Pego began to be created.
