CASTILLO DE TORRES DE MENZ (R)
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Description
Built in the fifteenth century on a former castle destroyed in the Irmandiña War, it is a walled circular enclosure, surrounded by a pit with counterescarpment, which includes three rectangular stone towers and a building in the shape of L. The tribute tower is the largest of the three with three floors, with a wooden balcony on the last. Rehabilitated by its owner in 1988, received the Europa Nostra Award in 1993.
For more information: Galicia pueblo a pueblo
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Phase: Castles
Style: Others
Period: 15th Century
State of conservation: Well
Situation: Malpica (La Coruña)
Accommodation close friends
Alojamientos Amigos próximos
XANELA DA LÚA
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TORRES DE MENS, MALPICA (R)
SAN JULIAN DE MORAIME (R)
SAN VICENTE DE ELVIÑA (R)
CAPILLA DE SANTA MARÍA DE OZA (R)
IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO (R)
SANTA MARIA DEL CAMPO (R)
SANTA MARIA DE CAMBRE (R)
PALACIO DE GELMÍREZ (R)
CATEDRAL DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (R)
