It was built in 1557, within the project of defense of the coasts of the Kingdom of Valencia, as protection and defense of the sailors and their families, against the attacks of pirates and corsairs. The building, built in stone, has a square floor plan with two towers and two bastions in its corners, "the bastion of the king" and "the bastion of the duke", typical of Renaissance military art. Inside the wall were the dwellings of the soldiers, open to the interior of the enclosure, where the Patio de Armas is located. Currently inside there is a separate room with direct access from inside the fortress that is a "Hall of Acts", also another access to the toilet cabins adapted and other access to the internal route and exposure of the castle has a small step of access, but to save it and with prior notice, for the visit they put a portable ramp. The castle has two floors, an accessible ground floor and a second floor that is accessible with the use of the elevator, except the area of "La Torre del Cap de L`aljub" and "museum of music" located in the silver 1 in the Renaissance tower, the itienrario presents steps without alternative ramp. <span class="automatic-translation-warning">This text was automatically translated.</span>