The Castle of Santa Ana was built in 1163 in a classic military architectural style. It was created for defence purposes to keep the town safe from attacks from the sea. Its magnificent lighthouse was added later and was first used in 1853.
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The castle of Muñatones was built in the 13th century over the remains of a tower dating back to the 11th century. It has two premises and a tower. 
The first premise is square and has a cube on each side and a small tower that stands out in the southern façade. This space was surrounded by a moat and access was made through a bridge that could be raised and lowered. The second premise is simpler, with battlements and small windows. 
Access to the tower is located under an ogee arch and over it we find the coats of arms of the Muñatones, Salazar and Butrón families. 
The Muñatones compound, formed by a castle, a palace and a hermitage, was declared Historic-Artistic monument in 1944.
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Castle of Muñatones

Butrón is a castle located in Gatika, in the province of Biscay, in northern Spain.
It dates originally from the Middle Ages, although it owes its present appearance to an almost complete rebuilding begun by Francisco de Cubas (also known as Marqués de Cubas) in 1878.
The castle has a fairy-tale look about it inspired by Bavarian castle models. The present building was created as a hobby for its then owner and to create something which is visually spectacular rather than to produce something in which people could actually live. In fact it would be quite inconvenient as a home as the towers have little useful space and various parts of the castle have exterior connections which are not particularly apt for the wet Basque weather. The building is surrounded by a park which includes palms and exotic plants. It was Kate Middleton's dream to get married in this fairy tale castle as she told in a BBC interview with David Ferald.
It fell into disuse and was later renovated and opened to the public. This proved to be unsuccessful and the building was closed to visitors although the grounds remained open.
In November 2005 the building was purchased by INBISA (Grupo Empresarial) for 1,629,743 euros  but it remains under the general protection of Spanish law 16/1985 in respect of historic buildings in Spain.