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Air Tower

The Torre del Aire, also known as the Palace of Fermoselle or of the Four Towers, is what remains of a 15th-century fortified house built around 1440 by the Castillo family, lords of Fermoselle and Santa María del Campo. The tower served to defend the house and to show the rank of its owners. Square in plan and slender in profile, it is built of well-squared ashlar and its Italianate silhouette recalls the towers of cities such as San Gimignano. Its windows are twin-light, with Gothic tracery, and are irregularly distributed across the walls. In the 18th century it was a cloth factory; in 1818 it temporarily housed Irish students. It stands next to Plaza de Santa Eulalia and became much more visible in 1953, when houses were demolished to open the Gran Vía. It cannot be visited inside: it is seen from the street.

Things to do at Air Tower: 3 missions

• Look at the tower from Plaça de Santa EulàliaStand in Plaza de Santa Eulalia and frame the whole tower to appreciate its square plan and its verticality.
• Look for the twin windows with Gothic traceryFrom the street, find the tower's paired windows and notice the Gothic tracery of their arches.
• Examine the neatly squared stonework of the wallGo up to the base of the tower and look at the regular ashlar blocks used to build the fortified house around 1440.

Near Air Tower

Source: Web oficial - Turismo de Castilla y León