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Towers of Cillobre

A Laracha, Bergantiños, A Coruña

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Towers of Cillobre

Monument · A Laracha, Bergantiños, A Coruña

The Torres de Cillobre, in the parish of Torás (A Laracha, Bergantiños), were originally a medieval stronghold of the Andeiro family, a testimony to the fortified architecture that lined the roads between A Coruña and the Costa da Morte. A branch of the Andeiro family moved to Portugal, where João Fernandes Andeiro received the lordship of several towns from Peter I; the estate later passed to Gómez Pérez das Mariñas, son of Dona Constanza das Mariñas, and in time became a seigneurial pazo. In 1958 the building of a bridge destroyed most of its towers, gateways and walls; today several rectangular tower bodies survive, much reduced in height, along with the chapel of Santo Antón, with its restored Romanesque façade.

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