Fortress
Torre de Fornells
🇪🇸 Spain · 19th century
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.
Torre de Fornells ranks #6,817 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #403 of the 602 mapped in Spain. Founded 1801, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 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.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Torre de Fornells?
Torre de Fornells stands in Spain, at 40.06139°, 4.13056°.
When was Torre de Fornells built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1801. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Torre de Fornells?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,817 of 8,134 worldwide, and #403 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Torre de Fornells?
Castle of Sant Antoni, about 1 km away.
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