Spain · 18th century
The Castle of La Atalaya, also called Fort La Atalaya, is a castle built in the 18th century in what is today the district (diputación) of Canteras, within the Spanish municipality of Cartagena (Region of Murcia), and can be reached from the Barrio de La Concepción in the same municipality. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural on 7 August 1997.
Machine-translated from “Castillo de la Atalaya (Cartagena)” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of La Atalaya ranks #8,461 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #518 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1750, it is older than 16% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Murcia, 44 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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