The castle is named in honor of Columbus Bashny.Net

The legendary Christopher: and in honor of the 500th anniversary of the momentous day for America in 1994 in the town of Benalmadena ended with the construction of the castle Colomares.


First and foremost, the castle strikes with its architecture which unites various styles with elements of Gothic, Moorish style combined with Byzantine on top of all crowned Romanesque style. Over the masterpiece he worked Esteban Martin, for 7 years he cherished its architectural offspring and have put all their knowledge and skill. Despite, the fact that he had no special education, because his whole life was devoted to medicine. Martin helped ordinary workers, who knew only how to lay brick, and he taught them all the subtleties and intricacies of architectural excellence. The workers worked with wood, but most of the work was with stone and marble.




The elements of the three cultures (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) tried to connect Esteban Martin, so the heterogeneity of styles is not accidental. Three ships decorate the castle, at the same time have a purely decorative function, and on the other hand symbolize the three ships that reached the shores of America.



Interestingly, the Colomares castle "distinguished" in two nominations in the Guinness Book of records: as the world's largest Columbus monument (the castle area 1500 sq. m.), and the award was given to the world's smallest chapel, which is located on the territory of Colomares (it has an area of 1.96 sq. m.)


For falconry, the castle was used after its closure. But hunting began to suffer cats of local residents, so the hunt was over. Tourists who love architecture in the style of fantasy that come to the town Benalmadena.

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