Tower · Balaš

Torre Atalaya

Today: Torre Atalaya, La Viñuela

Place: Balaš (Vélez-Málaga)
Kind: Tower
Built: 15th century
What remains: Standing

An Arab signal tower of the 15th century, some 9.5 metres tall, that watched the lands of Zalia from the coast and signalled to the shore towers and the castle. It fell out of use when Castile took Zalia in 1485. A corbel of the machicolation survives over the door, 6.5 metres up.

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