The Castillo de Vélez-Blanco is a castle in Vélez-Blanco, in the province of Almería in southern Spain. Pedro Fajardo y Chacón built it between 1506 and 1515, and its Renaissance interior is the part for which it is best known.
The castle was built for Pedro Fajardo y Chacón, and its decorated patio is the feature that made it famous. The work took about nine years, from 1506 to 1515. Its location in Almería puts it in the south-east of Spain.
The patio no longer stands in the castle. It is now displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, while the fortress remains on its hill above the town.
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