On the banks of the Miño River, which once served as a dividing border although today it is now a reason for unity, we find the last remaining sentinel of the Lapela Castle. Imposing, unwavering over time, the Lapela Tower is today a spectacular viewpoint of the Miñota waters in the Portuguese municipality of Monçao, opposite the Galician Salvaterra de Miño.Its 35 meters high and ten meters on each side give an idea of what was a primitive medieval castle, related by many to the very origins of Portugal, but which is difficult to place with certainty in time, although it is associated at least with the beginnings. from the 12th century. The tower that we can see today responds to the keep, which in this fortification would be located in its center, following the Romanesque military schemes. However, the tower is already of Gothic influence and was possibly built later, around the 14th century. “It was most likely built in the context of the peninsular wars of the second half of the century,”

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