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Tower of Arroyomolinos

Arroyomolinos, Comarca Sur, Madrid

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Tower of Arroyomolinos

Monument · Arroyomolinos, Comarca Sur, Madrid

The Torreón de Arroyomolinos, the only standing remnant of the so-called Castillo del Pan, is a late-medieval Gothic tower built around 1476, in the 1470s, as a seigneurial tower, in the historic centre, near the plaza Mayor. Five storeys high, square in plan with rounded corners and built in brick on stone foundations, it is notable for its eight corner turrets, two on each corner, and it bears resemblances to the torreón de Pinto and to the Torre del Homenaje of the castle of La Mota, in Medina del Campo. Also known as the torre del Pan, it was converted in the 19th and 20th centuries into a granary and dovecote, with more than four thousand nests installed on its upper floors. Restored in the early 21st century, it is today part of the Red de Yacimientos Visitables de la Comunidad de Madrid.

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