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allthingseurope · 1 year

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Castro Urdiales, Spain (by bvi4092)

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wgm-beautiful-world · 10 days

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Castro Urdiales

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rabbitcruiser · 1 year

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Castle of Santa Ana, Castro Urdiales (No. 1)

The castle of Santa Ana is a fortress located on a rocky promontory in Castro-Urdiales, on a peninsula where there is also the fortified church Sta. Mª de la Asunción (xiii century), the ruins of another previous church (that of San Pedro, from the xii century), and the hermitage of Santa Ana, built as a watchtower, linked to the castle by a bridge. The complex has very good views of the sea, the port and the town. A lighthouse was built inside the enclosure in 1853, whose machinery occupied the chapel. It is one of the best preserved castles in northern Spain.

It has a pentagonal floor plan with cylindrical corner towers 15 meters high, which protect a rectangular enclosure of 22.75 x 12.35 meters; Inside this, in turn, there is a hall of 17 x 7 m covered by a barrel vault. One of the cylinders is actually covering a triangular space that advances from the inner rectangle towards the villa, while the other four act as buttresses of the vault of the living space. Another defense, crenellated and lower, is visible in the part of the lighthouse. It completely lacks gaps, so that the defense could only be done from the towers. The factory is made of cyclopean stones taken with lime. The castle, as well as the citadel, was protected by a wall between 6 and 7 meters high, which preserves a small canvas very deteriorated with the original battlements and merlons.

The access is located on the sea side, through a small door.

It is not known for sure when the castle was founded, speculating that the beginning of the works could coincide with the foundation of the town; However, the founding charter has not reached us. A defensive structure probably existed even earlier.

The current building began its construction in the twelfth century, undergoing various modifications and additions and being abandoned in the sixteenth century.

During a restoration in the twentieth century the lighthouse keeper's house, built inside the enclosure, was demolished. Along with all of Puebla Vieja de Castro-Urdiales, it was declared a historic-artistic site in 1978.

Source: WIkipedia

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federer7 · 9 months

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Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, España. 1968

Foto: Nicolás Muller

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the-american-life-style · 9 months

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Castro Urdiales, Espana

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frikomid · 12 days

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Tidal Waves (Castro Urdiales - Cantabria)

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txino · 9 months

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intlforestday · 1 year

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Spain, Castro-Urdiales: Tree gift and planting event.

El tema del Día Internacional de los Bosques, el día 21 de Marzo cuyo lema este año es “Bosques y salud”; At 11 am Saturday March 18 at the Town Hall square, six different native tree species will be available to the general public for free. In addition, children aged 4-5 years can participate in other activities at the Environmental Department of Castro-Urdiales City Hall where they can transplant their own tree into a pot and take it home.

Spain, Castro-Urdiales: Tree gift and planting event.

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ultrapassandofronteiras · 1 year

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Castro Urdiales, Cantábria: o que ver

Sabe quando pesquisamos um lugarzinho para parar no meio do caminho? Assim encontrei Castro Urdiales, povoado da Cantábria, na Espanha. Com cerca de 30 mil habitantes, é um ótimo ponto de parada ou bate e volta em uma viagem na costa Norte da Espanha! Conto então aqui tudo sobre o que ver e fazer em Castro-Urdiales! Castro Urdiales é conhecida também como Flavióbriga, já que teve um assentamento…