Spain · Partial ruin
Castle of Nogueirosa
The Castle of Andrade (Castelo dos Andrade) is a medieval Galician fortification near Pontedeume in A Coruña, Spain. Built from the 13th century and remodelled under Fernán Pérez de Andrade in the 14th century, it stands on an isolated rocky crag with a prominent square keep and surrounding curtain walls.
Its prime
1371
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1371
What Castle of Nogueirosa looked like in its prime.
Perched on an isolated rocky crag, the castle is dominated by a tall square keep rising above thick curtain walls built of pale, roughly coursed granite blocks. The keep reaches about three storeys with narrow slit windows; the curtain walls step down the rock and enclose a compact place-of-arms. The main entrance is an arched opening set into the curtain with an iron grille; the parapet line is defined by projecting corbels and crenellations, and stonework shows vegetation in joints.
Its story
The story of Castle of Nogueirosa.
Construction of the castle began in the thirteenth century by order of the lords of Andrade, on an isolated rocky crag near Pontedeume in Galicia, with a prominent square keep and surrounding curtain walls. According to ancient sources the building had a tunnel connecting the Andrade family's house with the castle, so that members and relatives could seek refuge there in periods of war.
Its most famous owner was Fernán Pérez de Andrade, lord of Pontedeume and Ferrol, who remodelled the castle in the fourteenth century and to whom Henry II of Castile granted all the lands running from the castle to Cabo Prior beyond Ferrol.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1371.
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Clans who held Castle of Nogueirosa.
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Andrade
Built by order of the lords of Andrade from the 13th century; Fernán Pérez de Andrade, lord of Pontedeume and Ferrol, remodelled it in the 14th.
