Torre de la Mona

Today: Torre de la Garrofa, La Garrofa (Almería)

Place: Almería
Kind: Tower
Built: 16th century
What remains: Standing

A round 16th-century watchtower 8 metres high, part of the network that defended the coast of the Kingdom of Granada from Barbary pirates, with a guard of two to five men. It was blown up in the Peninsular War and shored up with a customs guard post in the late 19th century; rehabilitated in 2002, it is a private home today.

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