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Tour de Constance

France · 13th century

Founded
1242
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Aigues-Mortes
Coordinates
43.56848°, 4.1897°
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Tour de Constance in France
Photo: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Tour de Constance is a fortification located in the walled town of Aigues-Mortes, in the department of Gard, in the Occitanie region of France. The summit terrace is topped by a watchtower turret which, from the 13th to the 16th century, served as a lighthouse.

Machine-translated from “Tour de Constance” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Tour de Constance ranks #3,715 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #289 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1242, it is older than 71% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,111 times in the last 60 days, more than 71% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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