Torre del Conde

Torre del Conde is a fortress from the 15th century located in the Villa de San Sebastián de La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain). It is a military-type building. Its function was mainly of representation of the manorial power, and it counted on the lack of modern weapons on the part of the natives. Its location next to the port at some distance from it, with no place for firearms and at the bottom of a valley, confirms this theory.

It was ordered to be built by the Count of La Gomera Hernan Peraza the Elder between 1447 and 1450, and the stately elites of La Gomera took refuge there during the Rebellion of the Gomeros. Possibly at that time it was the center of a larger group of temporary or minor fortifications.

Of the towers built during the Conquest of the Canary Islands (Añazo, Gando, etc.), it is the only one that is preserved today.

Texte adapté de « Torre del Conde » de la Wikipédia en anglais, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Torre del Conde occupe la 141e place sur 6 412 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 31e rang des 433 que l’atlas recense en Espagne. Fondé en 1447, il est plus ancien que 54 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 275 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XVe siècle. Voyez comment l’Espagne se compare dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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