Castle and Rock da Vela Monument · Allariz, Allariz - Maceda, Ourense Image of Allariz, not of the place itself. A fortress begun between 1072 and 1078 under Alfonso VI, rectangular in plan with four round towers at the corners; it withstood a nine-month irmandiño siege in 1471 and was dismantled in the middle of the 19th century with the disentailment. Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Allariz