Fortress
Tower of Mendoza
🇪🇸 Spain
The Tower of Mendoza (Spanish: Torre de Mendoza, Basque: Mendoza dorretxea) is a tower located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984. The tower is strategically located between the roads of Old Castile and the Ebro river.
The Tower of Mendoza is a fortified tower located in the village of Mendoza, near Vitoria-Gasteiz (Álava, País Vasco, Spain). It was built in the thirteenth century as a residence of the House of Mendoza.
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Tower of Mendoza ranks #128 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #25 of the 433 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Tower of Mendoza?
Tower of Mendoza stands in Spain, at 42.8597°, -2.77361°.
How famous is Tower of Mendoza?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #128 of 6,412 worldwide, and #25 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 Tower of Mendoza?
Castle of Miranda de Ebro, about 25 km away.
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