yes, It is a fort designed to be in height, not at sea level, its high walls would soon be demolished by a lethal naval artillery.

This castle-fort presents four defensive levels. The oldest levels (1 and 2) were built in the middle ages, its architecture is typical of this era. While level 3 and 4 were built between the seventeenth and eighteenth century largely by the English when they occupied Alicante in the war of Spanish succession.