Castle of Soutomaior
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Attribution: By David Bugallo Ferron, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dbuga - Own work, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Soutomaior,_castelo_de.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=856220
Castle of Soutomaior is situated about 119 metres above sea level on the top of Mount Viso. It was built by Pedro alvarez de Soutomaior and it was a major castle in Galicia.
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