Torre de las Palomas

Today: Torre de las Palomas, La Araña (Málaga)

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

A tapering 16th-century watchtower on the Palomas point, beside the coast road, built against surprise attacks by Barbary pirates. It is 10.80 metres high, and four or five men with one or two guns fitted inside; it is well preserved, though covered in graffiti.

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