Castillo de Caldaloba - Cospeito, LU, Galicia, España - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

GL: "A Torre de Caldaloba ou de Vilaxoán è o que queda en pé dunha fortaleza cuxas orixes se remontan ao século XIV. O castelo orixinario estaba rodeado de foxos e asentábase sobre un antigo castro no lugar de A Rabadá, Coto do Mato, parroquia de San Martiño de Pino, concello de Cospeito (Lugo). Sitúase a 464 metros de altitude, mide 25 metros de altura e estaba dividida en catro andares. Foi declarada BIC en 1994.

Ao longo da historia sufriu embates e agresións como proban as numerosas pegadas de proxectís nas súas paredes. Foi das poucas que non lograron derruir os Irmandiños no século XV.

A fortificación pertencera a Pedro Pardo de Cela ata que lla incautou o vizconde de Altamira, Alonso Pérez de Vivero, tras ser decapitado o mariscal en Mondoñedo en 1483.

Tras o asasinato do seu pai, a súa filla, Constanza de Castro, e o seu marido, Fernán Ares de Saavedra, ocupárona e resistiron durante trece meses desde novembro de 1484 ata principios de 1485-un duro asedio dos comisionados castelás ao servizo dos Reis Católicos, aliados con outros nobres galegos ao mando do gobernador, López de Haro.

As crónicas din que Constanza de Castro morreu ao beber a auga empezoñada do alxibe do castelo e o seu marido, ferido por un trabuco, tivo que entregarse uns meses despois cando só lle quedaban a carón tres soldados. Fernán Ares de Saavedra foi desposuido dos seus bens, que foron repartidos entre os instigadores do cerco, e forzado a combater contra os mouros en Málaga.

Ainda hoxe, unha aura de lenda-pasadizos, tesouros, mouros... e de misterio -as choias de cor azul metálica-emana deste lugar. Caldaloba simboliza a tráxica extinción do reino medieval galego ao tempo que enxalza a resistencia heroica dunha muller, Constanza de Castro, fronte ao poder opresor castelán."

EN; " “The Tower of Caldaloba or Vilaxoán is what remains at the foot of a fortress whose origins date back to the fourteenth century. The original castle was surrounded by foxes and sat on an ancient fortress in A Rabadá, Coto do Mato, parish of San Martiño de Pino, council of Cospeito (Lugo). It is located at 464 meters above sea level, 25 meters high and was divided into four platforms. It was declared BIC in 1994.

Throughout the history it suffered attacks and aggressions as they prove the numerous sticking of projects on its walls. It was one of the few that the Irmandiños did not manage to demolish in the 15th century.

The fortification belonged to Pedro Pardo de Cela until it was seized by the viscount of Altamira, Alonso Pérez de Vivero, after the marshal was beheaded in Mondoñedo in 1483.

After the assassination of her father, her daughter, Constanza de Castro, and her husband, Fernán Ares de Saavedra, occupied and resisted for thirteen months from November 1484 to the beginning of 1485-a hard siege by the Castilian commissioners at the service of the Catholic Monarchs, allied with other Galician nobles under the command of the governor, López de Haro.

The chronicles say that Constanza de Castro died when she drank the water from the castle's well and her husband, wounded by a blunderbuss, had to surrender a few months later when there were only three soldiers left. Fernán Ares de Saavedra was dispossessed of his possessions, which were distributed among the instigators of the siege, and forced to fight against the Moors in Málaga.

Even today, an aura of legend-passages, tesouros, mouros... and of mystery - the blue metallic huts - emanate from this place. Caldaloba symbolizes the tragic extinction of the medieval Galician kingdom at the same time that it exalts the heroic resistance of a woman, Constanza de Castro, against the oppressive Castilian power”."

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Group that erected the marker: Deputación Lugo Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Torre de Caldaloba Cospeito, Lugo URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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