Atalaya de la Gallina

Today: Atalaya de la Gallina, Íllora

Place: Madīnat Ilbīra (Atarfe)
Kind: Tower
Built: 14th century
What remains: Ruins

A Naṣrid watchtower, possibly of the 14th century, on the last western spurs of the Moclín hills, linking the defences of Moclín and Íllora with the La Mesa tower. A storm wrecked it in 1970, and only part of its solid base survives, about 3 metres high.

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