Spain · 10th century
The Castle of Carlos V in Hondarribia, a town in the northeast of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in Spain, is a castle originally built in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 16th century under Charles V (Spanish Carlos V). The castle is a protected architectural monument (Bien de Interés Cultural).
Machine-translated from “Castillo de Carlos V (Fuenterrabía)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Carlos V, Hondarribia ranks #6,154 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #275 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 950, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 192 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vitoria-Gasteiz, 92 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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