# General view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Spanish]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary A chapel forms part of a castle built in a commanding position high up on the rocks, whence it overlooks the plain extending towards the south. The oldest part of the complex is perched precariously on a steep rockface dropping away towards the west. In the thirteenth century an outer ring, consisting of walls with ten towers, was added to the castle, defending it from the south-east. The chapel takes up the south-eastern corner of the castle. The religious building takes up an unusual large proportion of the overall castle complex. The main element of the chapel consists of a semi-circular apse, a square, domed bay and a short nave ending in a diagonally placed west wall. The castle was probably intended as a prestigious residence of the kings of Aragon. ## Related artworks - [Alcázar]() - [Capitals in the cloister]() - [Cloister]() - [Cloister]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()