{"id":1526,"date":"2026-07-24T10:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lopezdeheredia.destinoexterior.net\/the-vineyards\/vina-tondonia\/vina-tondonia-castle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T20:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:41:26","slug":"vina-tondonia-castle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lopezdeheredia.destinoexterior.net\/en\/the-vineyards\/vina-tondonia\/vina-tondonia-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Vi\u00f1a Tondonia Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1526\" class=\"elementor elementor-1526 elementor-907\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1b47bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e1b47bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"main-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-691c1771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"691c1771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>The Vi\u00f1a Tondonia Castle<\/h1>\n<p>On analysing plans for a project offered to a construction company from Bilbao,\u00a0<em>Gamboa y Domingo<\/em>, it is clear that Don Rafael L\u00f3pez de Heredia Landeta wanted to build an Arabic-style castle on the highest point of Vi\u00f1a Tondonia, after he purchased the parcel in 1907.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Project, these engineers designed three building projects. \u00a0Foundations were laid and an underground wine cellar built at the top of the hill overlooking the meander in the River Ebro.<\/p>\n<p>However, the First World War began in 1914, and one of his children passed away at the age of 17.\u00a0 Discouraged, Don Rafael didn\u2019t continue with his dream of building a Bordeaux-style chateau \u2013 a concept he had discovered in his travels.<\/p>\n<p>Today the completed foundations and cellar keep watch over the flowing river, surrounded by our most emblematic vineyard, which celebrated its centenary in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lopezdeheredia.destinoexterior.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fcastillo.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of the Vi\u00f1a Tondonia Castle\" width=\"515\" height=\"223\" \/><span class=\"pie\">Project of The Vi\u00f1a Tondonia Castle (1914)<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vi\u00f1a Tondonia Castle On analysing plans for a project offered to a construction company from Bilbao,\u00a0Gamboa y Domingo, it is clear that Don Rafael L\u00f3pez de Heredia Landeta wanted to build an Arabic-style castle on the highest point of Vi\u00f1a Tondonia, after he purchased the parcel in 1907. 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