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 staat op plaats 141 van 6.412 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 31 van de 433 die de atlas in Spanje in kaart brengt. Gebouwd in 1447, en daarmee ouder dan 54% van de gedateerde bouwwerken in de atlas — een van de 275 bouwwerken in de atlas die uit de 15e eeuw stammen. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

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