Perched imposingly on a rocky, arid mountain peak above the white village of Pruna, Spain in the northern Cadiz mountains, this partially restored fort ruin was famed for being one of the last Moorish strongholds in the region. Because of this, it was christened El Castillo de Hierro, or the Iron Castle. Being pretty far off the tourist trail and located near no large cities (Ronda is the closest at about an hour away by car), the site retains the isolated, paranoid feel, probably much like what it felt like…
