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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.

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.
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Keywords:
12 CENTURY 12TH CENTURY 12TH 9TH CENTURY ALFONSO III OF LEON ALFONSO III OR MAGNO ALFONSO III THE GREAT ANCIENT ANTIQUE ARCHITECTURAL 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 HISTORIA 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 RUIN RUINS SAINT JAMES THE GREATER SANTIAGO CHAPEL SPAIN SPANISH ST JAMES 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 XII CENTURY