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Tower of Quitapesares

Pantón, Terra de Lemos, Lugo

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Tower of Quitapesares

Monument · Pantón, Terra de Lemos, Lugo

Image of Pantón, not of the place itself.

A manor tower built in the first half of the 15th century by the Duke of Arjona, Fadrique Enríquez, at a crossing point of the Camino Real between Los Peares and Monforte de Lemos, on the lands of Pantón; together with the one at Marce, it forms the pair of fortifications that controlled the routes into the Sil canyon. Its exact location is a matter of dispute: some sources place it in the hamlet of Cotillón, in the parish of Acedre, based on a document from 1591, while research by the Segredos de Pantón association identifies it with the Torre de Villamirón, in the parish of Pombeiro. A local legend explains the name as the place where a queen, having searched for her missing son, found him and had the tower built to relieve her of her sorrows.

Photo: Estevoaei (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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