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The Iberian Peninsula

Fortified towns, gardens made for drought.

1,359 places

Castillo-Fortaleza de Santa Pola
Santa Pola — Spain
Castillo-Fortaleza de Santa Pola is a château at Santa Pola, Valencian Community, in Spain. The recorded building campaign dates from the 16th century. Its architecture is recorded as Renaissance architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Castillo-palacio de Ayelo de Malferit
Aielo de Malferit — Spain
Castillo-palacio de Ayelo de Malferit is a château at Aielo de Malferit, Valencian Community, in Spain. The recorded building campaign dates from the 15th century. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Castillo-palacio de La Bisbal
La Bisbal d’Empordà — Spain
Castillo-palacio de La Bisbal is a château at La Bisbal d’Empordà, Catalonia, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as Romanesque architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Castillo-Palacio de los Milán de Aragón
Albaida — Spain
Castillo-Palacio de los Milán de Aragón is a château at Albaida, Valencian Community, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as Valencian Gothic. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Castillo-palacio de Luchente
Llutxent — Spain
Castillo-palacio de Luchente is a château at Llutxent, Valencian Community, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as Gothic architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Château
Castillo-Palacio de Magalia
Las Navas del Marqués — Spain
Castillo-Palacio de Magalia is a château at Las Navas del Marqués, Castile and Leon, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as Renaissance architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Castillo, acueducto y murallas
Segorbe — Spain
Castillo, acueducto y murallas is a château at Segorbe, Valencian Community, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as medieval architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Castillo, la ermita de San Roque o Santa Águeda la Vieja y las cintas murarias
Jérica — Spain
Castillo, la ermita de San Roque o Santa Águeda la Vieja y las cintas murarias is a château at Jérica, Valencian Community, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as medieval architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Clot dels Frares
Sant Pere de Ribes — Spain
Clot dels Frares is a château at Sant Pere de Ribes, Catalonia, in Spain. The recorded building campaign dates from the 14th century. Its architecture is recorded as Renaissance architecture. The register records it as “Cultural Asset of Local Interest”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Colegiata de San Pedro de Ager
Àger · Province of Lleida — Spain
Colegiata de San Pedro de Ager is a château at Àger, Catalonia, in Spain. The recorded building campaign dates from the 10th century. Its architecture is recorded as Romanesque architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Colégio dos Maristas
Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos — Portugal
Colégio dos Maristas is a château at Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, Porto, in Portugal. Its architecture is recorded as Neoclassical architecture. The register records it as “Monument of Public Interest”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Conjunto monumental de Quejana
Ayala-Aiara — Spain
Conjunto monumental de Quejana is a château at Ayala-Aiara, Basque Country, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as Gothic architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Convento de San Pablo (Peñafiel)
Peñafiel — Spain
Convento de San Pablo (Peñafiel) is a château at Peñafiel, Castile and Leon, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as Mudéjar architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Convento do Desagravo do Santíssimo Sacramento
Portugal
The former Convento do Desagravo do Santíssimo Sacramento stands in Vila Pouca da Beira, Portugal. It was founded in the second half of the eighteenth century and is protected as a monument of public interest. The complex has since been adapted for hotel use.
Château
Convento Franciscano de Silves
Silves — Portugal
Convento Franciscano de Silves is a château at Silves, Faro, in Portugal. The recorded building campaign dates from the 16th century. The register records it as “heritage without legal protection”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Château
Corralito de Virgilio
El Vendrell — Spain
Corralito de Virgilio is a château at El Vendrell, Catalonia, in Spain. The recorded building campaign dates from the 16th century. Its architecture is recorded as vernacular architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Cultural Landscape of Sintra
Portugal
The UNESCO Cultural Landscape of Sintra links the wooded Serra with historic palaces, fortifications, parks and gardens. The map pin marks the Lakes Entrance to the Park of Pena, one way into this larger landscape.
Deià
Spain
Deià is a municipality in a valley on Mallorca. Its history includes terraced cultivation and an irrigation and drainage system developed during Muslim rule. The municipality separated from Valldemossa in 1583 after a lengthy dispute over its administration.
Despoblat de les Tombetes
Sant Esteve de la Sarga — Spain
Despoblat de les Tombetes is a château at Sant Esteve de la Sarga, Catalonia, in Spain. The recorded building campaign dates from the 10th century. The register records it as “Cultural Asset part of the cultural heritage of Catalonia”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Desprat
Sant Esteve d’en Bas · Comarques Gironines — Spain
Desprat is a château at Sant Esteve d’en Bas, Catalonia, in Spain. The recorded building campaign dates from the 10th century. Its architecture is recorded as Gothic architecture. The register records it as “Cultural Asset of Local Interest”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Domus d’Olivet
Canovelles — Spain
Domus d’Olivet is a château at Canovelles, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as Romanesque architecture. The register records it as “Cultural Asset of National Interest”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Domus de Vilamajor
Tona — Spain
Domus de Vilamajor is a château at Tona, Catalonia, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as vernacular architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Domus de Vilatammar
Sant Martí d’Albars — Spain
Domus de Vilatammar is a château at Sant Martí d’Albars, Catalonia, in Spain. Its architecture is recorded as vernacular architecture. The register records it as “bien de interés cultural”. Details are drawn from Wikidata.
Doñana National Park
Spain
Doñana National Park includes beaches, dunes and marshes. Its marshes provide passage, breeding and wintering habitat for European and African birds. The Spanish environment ministry identifies the Iberian imperial eagle and Iberian lynx among the endangered species living in the park.