Castillo de Colomares
Castillo de Colomares is a monument, in the form of a castle, dedicated to the life and adventures of Christopher Columbus. It was built near Benalmádena in Spain, between 1987 and 1994.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Spanish castle
- Also known as: “Castillo Monumento Colomares”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Benalmádena Stupa and Torremuelle Station.
Benalmádena Stupa
Buddhist temple
Photo: B Milnes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Benalmádena Stupa is a stupa in Benalmádena, Málaga in the Andalusian region of southern Spain, overlooking Costa del Sol. It is 33 m high and is the tallest stupa in Europe. Benalmádena Stupa is situated 1 km west of Castillo de Colomares.
Torremuelle Station
Railway station
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Torremuelle Station is a railway station, which is situated 1 km southeast of Castillo de Colomares.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arroyo de la Miel and Torreblanca.
Arroyo de la Miel
Suburb
Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.
Benalmádena is a town of 68,000 people on the Spanish Costa del Sol. It consists of three parts; Benalmádena Pueblo, Arroyo de la Miel and Benalmádena Costa. Arroyo de la Miel is situated 3½ km east of Castillo de Colomares.
Torreblanca
Suburb
Photo: Tyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Torreblanca is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southwest of Castillo de Colomares.
Mijas
Mijas is a town and municipality in the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. It consists of Mijas Pueblo a typically Andalusian white-washed village at the mountain side of Sierra de Mijas 428 m above mean sea level.
Castillo de Colomares
- Categories: monument, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Benalmádena, Costa del Sol, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Castillo de Colomares” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոլոմարեսի ամրոց”
- Cebuano: “Castillo Monumento Colomares”
- French: “château de Colomares”
- French: “Château de Colomares”
- German: “Castillo de Colomares”
- German: “Schloss von Colomares”
- Italian: “Castello di Colomares”
- Italian: “Castillo de Colomares”
- Japanese: “コロマレス城”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Colomares”
- Swedish: “Castillo Monumento Colomares”
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