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Castillo de Santa Cruz

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Castillo de Santa Cruz in Spain
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The Castle of Santa Cruz (Galician: Castelo de Santa Cruz) is a castle on an island of the same name in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It is located in the town of Porto de Santa Cruz, municipality of Oleiros. The fortress was built in the sixteenth century by General Diego Dasmariñas to improve the defensive system of the bay of A Coruña.

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Castillo de Santa Cruz ranks #3,143 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #136 of the 180 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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