Torres de Oeste

The Oeste Towers (Galician and Spanish: Torres de Oeste) are the ruins of a medieval castle in Catoira, Galicia, Spain, located at the head of the Ría de Arousa, in the river Ulla estuary. The towers remaining today are the ruins of Castellum Honesti, and played an important role in the defense of Santiago de Compostela from Viking attacks. In 1931 they were declared a national monument.

Each summer, the first Sunday of August, a celebration recalls the repulse of a Viking invasion.

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Torres de Oeste ranks #3,132 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #135 of the 180 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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