Calasparra

Calasparra's oldest standing monument is the Castillo de San Juan, which predates the Christian reconquest of the town. A document of 1289 records Sancho IV donating it to the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and it is thought to have originally been a Hisn, a fortified enclosure with a double wall capable of sheltering a small population in emergencies. After the town was refounded in 1412 and the Order built its Encomienda palace, the castle fell out of military use, though its keep survived as a ceremonial space for oaths and formal occasions.

Records show repairs continuing as late as 1690, but by the mid-nineteenth century it was in serious decay. Restoration works began in 2007, and the first detailed research on the castle, including a ground plan, a list of its governors, and aerial photographs spanning 1925 to 1990, was published by José Juan Moya y Martínez in 2008. The Church of San Pedro Apostle is the town's largest and oldest parish church, first documented in 1414 as the priory of the Knights of St John.

The Order's cross still stands above the main door, flanked by Tuscan pilasters bearing papal symbols. Inside, three barrel-vaulted naves run the length of the building; the original stone columns were encased in large pilasters during a neoclassical remodelling, and the side aisles hold several retablos from that same period. The church was sacked by Marshal Soult's troops in 1812, rebuilt by 1820, and burned in February 1936, before being restored after the Civil War.

The Church of the Holy Martyrs Abdón and Senén was first built around 1604, demolished and rebuilt between 1735 and 1803, and restored again between 1923 and 1927. Its main altarpiece is in stucco, and the sculpted figures of the two martyrs are the work of Valencian sculptor José Dies, made in 1942 to replace earlier images destroyed in 1936. The church also houses a significant collection of religious sculpture belonging to the Brotherhood of the Blood of Christ and the Vera Cruz, with works by Dies, José Zamorano, and Damián Guirado.

It was restored once more in 2006.