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Spain. Galicia. Catoira. Torres do Oeste castle, built in 9th century by the king Alfonso III of Leon the Great as a defense fortress. They are the ruins of Castellum Honesti. The castle has a 12th century chapel built by Bishop Gelmi_rez to honor the apostle Saint James. Next to river Ulla. Declared National Monument in 1970.
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Spain. Galicia. Catoira. Torres do Oeste castle, built in 9th century by the king Alfonso III of Leon the Great as a defense fortress. They are the ruins of Castellum Honesti. The castle has a 12th century chapel built by Bishop Gelmi_rez to honor the apostle Saint James. Next to river Ulla. Declared National Monument in 1970.
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
4288 x 2848 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
12 CENTURY • 12TH CENTURY • 9TH CENTURY • ALFONSO III OF LEON • ALFONSO III OR MAGNO • ALFONSO III THE GREAT • ANCIENT • ANTIQUE • ARCHITECTURE • ASHLAR • AVERAGE AGE • BASTION • BATTLEMENT • BATTLEMENTS • BULWARK • CAMP • CASTELLUM HONESTI • CASTILLO • CASTLE • CATOIRA • CENTURY XII • CHAPEL • CHATEAU • CITADEL • CITY WALL • CITY WALLS • CITYWALL • CRENELLATED • CRENELLATION • DEFENCE • DEFENSE NORMANDOS ATTACKS • DEFENSE • DEFENSES OF MITRA COMPOSTELANA • DEFENSIVE STRENGTH • DEFENSIVE TOWER • DEFENSIVE • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • FLUVIAL • FORT • FORTIFICATION • FORTIFICATION: CITY WALL • FORTITUDE • FORTRESS • GALICE • GALICIA • GELMIREZ • HIGH WALL • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HONESTUM • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MERLON • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MOUCHETTES • MOYEN AGE • NATIONAL MONUMENT • NATURE • NO ONE • NO-ONE • NOBODY • OLD • PALACE • PONTEVEDRA PROVINCE • PRÉ-ROMAN • PRE-ROMANESQUE • PRERROMANICO CENTURY XII • RAMPART • RIVER • RUINS • SAINT JAMES THE GREATER • SANTIAGO CHAPEL • SPAIN • SPANISH • ST. JAMES • STREAM • STRENGTH • STRONGHOLD • TORRES DO OESTE CASTLE • TORRES DO OESTE • TOWER RUINS • TOWERS CATOIRA • TOWERS THE WEST • ULLA RIVER • ULLA • WALL • WEST TOWERS • WILDERNESS
