Castillo palacio de Cetina

The complex follows an elongated rectangular footprint oriented roughly east–west, running about sixty metres in length. Its main fabric combines rubble masonry and brick, with areas faced in cut stone (ashlar). This long plan preserves the sequence of defensive and domestic spaces that were adapted over time.

Two large towers mark the ends of the rectangle. The eastern tower is the older element, dating to the thirteenth century, and stands free from the main body as the original keep. At the west end the Torre del Volantín presents a rectangular ground plan and is largely built in ashlar; a later upper storey was added above the original stonework. The western tower is encircled by a gallery of semicircular arches that articulates its external elevation.

Access is arranged from the south. A defensive forework with square turrets protects the entrance, which leads into a vestibule covered by a wooden coffered ceiling, the traditional alfarje. That south façade and its barbican illustrate the meeting of military approach and ceremonial entry created when the building took on a residential function.

On the principal floor a chapel occupies a position to the north. Its doorway is set within a rectangular frame around the arch (an alfiz), and the portal displays a pointed arch above with a flattened, multicentered arch (carpanel) below. Inside the chapel the ceiling follows an inverted‑trough shape (artesa invertida) and is lined by a wooden coffered roof, decorated with heraldic shields and vegetal motifs.

Surviving elements of the chapel roof, described as the roof planes (paños del harneruelo and faldones), retain plasterwork ornament. The yeserías combine flamboyant Gothic decorative forms arranged in the repeated patterns characteristic of the Mudéjar tradition, preserving a layered sequence of medieval decorative practice.