Spain · 19th century
Torre de Fornells ranks #7,600 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #405 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded 1801, it is older than 12% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 19 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Balearic Islands. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
The Torre de Fornells is one of the many defensive towers surrounding the coast of Menorca. The one at Fornells was built between 1801 and 1802, in the last period of British rule, with the aim of watching over the entrance to the port of Fornells, preventing the landing of enemy ships and protecting the Castle of San Antonio.
Machine-translated from “Torre de Fornells” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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