{"id":182,"date":"2021-09-28T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gofuerteventura.com\/en\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=182"},"modified":"2021-09-28T18:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:40:30","slug":"el-toston-castle","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/gofuerteventura.com\/en\/explore\/el-toston-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"El Tost\u00f3n Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>El Tost\u00f3n Castle<\/strong> (<em>Castillo del Tost\u00f3n<\/em>) is in the north of Fuerteventura, in the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/gofuerteventura.com\/en\/explore\/el-cotillo\/\">El Cotillo<\/a>, and like most buildings in the Canary Islands, started to be built after the Castilian arrival.<\/p><div id=\"gofue-4203005029\" class=\"gofue-content gofue-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0088719563045673\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0088719563045673\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7246810020\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Fuerteventura was conquered, El Cotillo gained importance as a key trading port, so the tower was built in the 15th century to help defend the island against the constant pirate attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, El Tost\u00f3n Castle has become an absolute symbol for El Cotillo, thanks to being a part of the living history of Fuerteventura.<\/p>\n<p>It is constructed from stone, extracted from a nearby cave, has a circular base and was able to accommodate 12 men. Within its structure, a total of 3 cannons could be installed on the upper part of the tower, while the lower part stored the required gunpowder to activate said cannons. Currently, the Castle serves as an exhibition centre.<\/p>\n<p>Next to it, you can find <a href=\"https:\/\/gofuerteventura.com\/en\/explore\/piedra-playa\/\">Piedra Playa<\/a>, and a few kilometres to the south you\u2019ll find the <a href=\"https:\/\/gofuerteventura.com\/en\/explore\/el-toston-lighthouse\/\">El Tost\u00f3n Lighthouse<\/a>, which now holds a Fishing Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"Built in the 15th century to help defend the island against the constant pirate attacks","_company_twitter":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[7,9],"job-categories":[19],"class_list":["post-182","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","job_listing_region-el-cotillo","job_listing_region-la-oliva","job_listing_category-heritage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>El Tost\u00f3n Castle (Fuerteventura) 2026 \u2022 Everything you should know - Go Fuerteventura<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover El Tost\u00f3n Castle, in El Cotillo, La Oliva. 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