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The tower keep of Fernán González

Covarrubias, Arlanza, Burgos

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The tower keep of Fernán González

Monument · Covarrubias, Arlanza, Burgos

Image of Covarrubias, not of the place itself.

A tenth-century defensive tower of rectangular plan and the shape of a truncated pyramid, with walls of up to four metres at the base. It is the only Castilian fortress earlier than the eleventh century still standing.

Photo: Ecelan (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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