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The castle of Carbedo

Folgoso do Courel, Quiroga, Lugo

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The castle of Carbedo

Monument · Folgoso do Courel, Quiroga, Lugo

Fortress at 930 metres above sea level on a height in the parish of Esperante, mentioned in 1550 as Fortaleza de Courel by Licenciado Molina. It belonged to Nuno Peláez, who later ceded it to the Knights of the Order of Santiago. It preserves stretches of wall, a circular tower and internal divisions, and has been a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 17 October 1994. The latest archaeological excavations, in 1977 and 1979, were directed by a team coordinated by José María Luzón Nogué and Francisco Javier Sánchez-Palencia; their results were published in 1980 in the book El Caurel, edited by the Ministerio de Cultura.

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