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Pals, Spain

Torre d'en Deri

Pals, Spain

Torre d'en Deri
Photo: Toni Hermoso Pulido from Barcelona, Catalonia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Torre d'en Deri is a fortified farmhouse in Pals, Spain, built around 1600, combining vernacular and Gothic architectural traditions. This structure, designated a Cultural Asset of National Interest (*bien de interés cultural*), reflects the defensive needs and aesthetic preferences of early modern rural Catalonia, where towers and reinforced walls protected agricultural estates from coastal raids and brigandage.

Movement

Built
Type
farmhouse, fortified house
Heritage
Cultural Asset of National Interest, bien de interés cultural
Place
Pals, Spain

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