Castillo Monumento Colomares

Castillo de Colomares is a monument, in the form of a castle, dedicated to the life and adventures of Christopher Columbus. It was built near Benalmádena in Spain, between 1987 and 1994. Covering an area of 1,500 meters, it is the largest monument in the world to the explorer, but also contains the smallest church in the world, covering an area of just 1.96 square meters.

In 1987, Dr. D. Esteban Martín Martín began this singular work in an improvised way and with the help of two masons he created Colomares in seven years of artisanal work using brick, stone and cement. Thanks to his knowledge of art, history and architecture, Dr. Martín was able to mold this work at his whim, turning it into a "unicum" due to the stony way of narrating the Discovery of America.

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Castillo Monumento Colomares ranks #1,638 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #58 of the 603 mapped in Spain. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 11,929 times in the last 60 days, more than 94% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Málaga, 20 km away. It is one of the 126 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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