Doña Otxandia Tower
Art & Culture
Cultural Heritage
Doña Otxanda Tower is a nice crenelated building and one of the different defensive constructions of the walled part of Vitoria.
Built where a previous tower stood, the marriage formed by Andrés Martínez de Iruña and Catalina de Alava erected the present tower in the 16th century and named it after their daughter Otxanda. The building was rebuilt in 1970.
Nowadays the tower hosts one of the various museums of the capital: the Natural Science Museum.
Information of interest
Type of resources
Interesting buildings and structures
Monument type
Torre
Address
Calle Fundadora de las Siervas de Jesús, 24 - 01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Phone
E-mail
Artistic style
Gothic-Renaissance
Period
16th century
Opening hours
- From Tuesday to Friday: from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 to 6.30
- Saturdays: from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Sundays and holidays: from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Closed Monday
Free pass
Services
- Public toilet
- Exhibition hall
- Guided visit
Doña Otxandia Tower