Portugal · 14th century
The Tower of Lapela is located next to the River Minho, in the parish of Troporiz e Lapela, municipality of Monção, district of Viana do Castelo, in Portugal.
It constituted the keep of the former Castle of Lapela, and is today all that remains of it.
The Tower of Lapela has been classified as a national monument since 1910.
Machine-translated from “Torre de Lapela” on the Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre de Lapela ranks #8,572 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #212 of the 212 mapped in Portugal. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 55% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Viana do Castelo, 47 km away. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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