Torre de Velilla

Today: Torre de Velilla, Almuñécar

Place: Almuñécar
Kind: Tower
Built: c. 1501 to 1550
What remains: Standing

A tapering coastal watchtower about 12 metres high, still at its full height, on a hill by the mouth of the river Verde, now surrounded by housing estates. It dates from the first half of the 16th century and keeps its raised brick-arched entrance, its stone machicolation and the parapet of its terrace.

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