Spain · 14th century
Castle of Mesía ranks #7,870 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #429 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1325, it is older than 58% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
The fortress-tower of Mesía is a fortification dating from the late 13th or early 14th century, located in the village of Pobra, in the Galician municipality of Mesía. Since the 15th century, during the Ancien Régime, the jurisdiction of Mesía for the bishop of Santiago de Compostela was exercised from this castle. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural on November 17, 1994, by the Ministry of Culture.
Text adapted from “Castillo de Mesía” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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