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.

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Torre del Condeは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界141位（全6,412件中）、スペインの433件では31位にランクされています。1447年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の54%より古い城です（15世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の275件のひとつ）。スペインが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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