Torre-Forte da Candaira

Vilanova, O Saviñao, Spain, Spain

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Torre-Forte da Candaira is a medieval watchtower fortress located in A Candaira, Rebordaos parish, Vilanova area of O Saviñao municipality, Lugo province, Galicia, northwestern Spain, overlooking the Miño River valley in the Ribeira Sacra region.

Built likely in the second half of the 12th or 13th century on possible Roman foundations, possibly by the Vilamaior family, it features a square granite tower approximately 10 meters per side and 11 meters tall with three floors, a crenellated terrace, pointed arch doorways, machicolations, and heraldic shields. 

Passed through noble lineages and reconstructed in 1989 by its current owner Álvaro Taboada de Zúñiga y Romero, it stands as a protected Bien de Interés Cultural since 1994, representing Galician feudal defensive architecture though not open to the public.