Spain · 16th century
The Aranguren tower house is located in the municipality of Orozko (Aranguren neighbourhood), province of Biscay, Basque Country. The tower stands on the bank of the Arnauri river, beside the road linking the municipal seat with a series of neighbourhoods: Ibarra, Zaloa and Urgoiti, all in the foothills of Gorbea. It is protected under the generic declaration of the Decree of 22 April 1949 and Law 16/1985 on Spanish Historical Heritage.
Machine-translated from “Torre de Aranguren (Vizcaya)” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre de Aranguren ranks #8,494 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #528 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1600, it is older than 31% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vitoria-Gasteiz, 32 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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