The castle of the Eagle of Gaucín is of Roman construction; it is located on a knoll of 688 meters of altitude on the level of the sea.
He is based on jurassic limestone rocks of grayish color.
The fore door, the one of the east, that gives access to the first enclosure by the lateral one of the valley of the Genal, is formed by two arcs. First of them and greater one it is an arc pointed, constructed in brick, seated on limestone rocks. On this arc figured stone in lines of the same type are superposed that conform the outer strong wall after which is the round way. The second arc, deeper and of average point also with wedges of brick with heavy mortar layer presents/displays a framed ornament architectural. On the pilaster of the superior arc the first walled linen cloth of the enclosure is superposed.
The other door is located in the lateral north; it is of similar construction.

The assembly of irregular plant, is formed by three walled enclosures:

FIRST: He is the greater one, to the one than we accede by the two described doors, it has a closing of high limestone rock wall with loopholes and served for refuge of the population and the cattle. In the part this, it is the Hermitage of Santo Niño and the old hospital. In the other end is a square tower, the one of Regent.
Next to her was the powder magazine that exploded in 1848. To little distance between rocky blocks, rest of which are raised were military constructions and is where esteem that had to be the primitive establishments by the found Iberian ceramic matériales and in oldest of the rain tanks, excavated on the rock.

SECOND: Its construction is of rubblework and brick has two rain tanks, one in each end.

THIRD: Of citadel, of quadrangular plant, it is acceded by means of one double reddish brick arcade, of Muslim time. It is formed by two rubblework bodies of different level with alternation from brick and limestone stone. The first level probably must its construction to the Califal time (century X), by the materials found in its hollows. El second or bell tower conforms the denominated " Tower of Queen " of more recent time.

According to it refers Muqtavis V, in 914, the campaign against Belda (Gaucín), the neighbors of this Villa, from the castle, were present at burns of the ships of Umar horseradish tree Hafsum, in Algeciras.
In century XI hlijo of the Al-Mutamid, Abd to the Yabbar, conquered the castle of Gauyan (Gaucín). In one of its sieges in 1309, Guzmán was immortalized the Good one and found its death. This fort was conquered by the Christian troops in 1485.
The first resident Mayor in the Castle was Pedro Castillo. Other Mayors was Juan de Torres, their brother Rodrigo (1496), Juan Maraver (1513), Juan de Campo Vaca de Mendoza (1559)...

With the French invasion the castle becomes pocket of resistance and was taken in 1810 although D. Antonio de Molina y Navarro with 20 men, defied the invaders.
General Jose Serrano Valdenebro promoted the repair of the castle in 1839, given the state of abandonment in which he was, by that they closed a breakage of more than 3 meters of 5 of wide in the wall, cleaned the enclosure, the three rain tanks, the furnace, etc., with a budget of 28,220 reales. With this reform it was tried to lodge to 80 soldiers and officials.
Later, in 1842, the castle lodged 40 soldiers, six tubes and 2 howitzers.

In 1843 it exploded the powder magazine and it caused serious destructions.
In the occasion of the I Provincial Plan of Archaeology of Malaga, several performances were made: cleaning, sounding, clear, etc., and good part of archaeological material recovered:
Rest of oil lamps of the Califal time (s. X); ceramics of prudent drought with chamber pot edges (time almohade), etc.