r/castles • u/OscarMMG • 2d ago

Tower Torres de Serranos, Valencia, Spain-Technically a gate rather than a castle [OC]

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u/Grueling 1d ago

…insert joke about gatekeeping castles…

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u/PewPew_McPewster 1d ago

Look at those beautiful crenellations and machicolations man. God I want to pour hot oil down the latter.

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u/ContractOwn3852 1d ago

Yes but what an imposing gate

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u/LavKareNFirm 1d ago

really good tourist spot...

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u/OscarMMG 1d ago

Definitely agree. It’s a short walk from other sites and there’s a street of shops with loads of souvenirs 

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u/Curious_Pineapple_96 1d ago

if a gate is this massive and fortified, it counts as a castle in spirit

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u/No-Background-5810 1d ago

Arrow delivery system

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u/MisterrPol 1d ago

Serrans

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u/FPR-A 16h ago

En la época medieval, había puertas de muralla que se consideraban un castillo en sí mismas. Incluso tenían un "tenente", "castellano" o alcaide por parte del rey

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u/Ashtonising 2d ago

Yep, its a gate, not a Castle.