Castillo de San Felipe

Today: Castillo de San Felipe, Ferrol

Place: Ferrol
Kind: Fort
Built: c. 1557 to 1755
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The castle that guarded the entrance to the Ferrol estuary, begun in 1557 at the initiative of Philip II and reworked between 1731 and 1755 to the design of the engineer Francisco Montaigú, based on Vauban's ideas: a large hornwork, the moat and the main gate, on an arrowhead plan. A chain stretched to the castle of San Martín closed the estuary. It has belonged to the Ferrol town council since 2000 and is open to the public.

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