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Cornatel Castle

Spain

Heritage status
bien de interés cultural
Location
Priaranza del Bierzo
Coordinates
42.4877°, -6.69312°
Links
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Cornatel Castle in Spain
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Castillo de Cornatel is a fortress of medieval origin situated in Villavieja, in the municipality of Priaranza del Bierzo, in the comarca of El Bierzo, province of León, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC) on 22 April 1949.

The castle sits on a rocky promontory cut off to the east and the north by a ravine, with a drop of more than 180m, through which the Rioferreiros stream runs. On its other two flanks, which are easy of access, it is protected by a single wall along which runs a crenellated defensive wall-walk.

Machine-translated from “Castillo de Cornatel” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Cornatel Castle ranks #7,101 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #318 of the 646 mapped in Spain. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 875 times in the last 60 days, more than 51% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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