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Luis Bravo (4 years ago)
A shame the state of abandonment of this
A shame the state of abandonment of this
Guillermo Cruz Beltrán (5 years ago)
The friar's tower from the abandoned artillery barracks on the road of screens.
The friar's tower from the abandoned artillery barracks on the road of screens.
Acisclo Pedraza Nevado (5 years ago)
If you want to know more, continue reading: The beacon tower known as del Fraile is one of the main defensive monuments of the city of Algeciras, and until recently, the last building of this type that was erected completely intact in the coastline of this town, Gibraltarian countryside. The place names of Torre del Fraile, Torre de los Canutos, Torre de Fontanillas, Torre de San Diego or Torre de Cala Arenas, have been applied to the airy Beacon that rises in the same orographic complex of the Torre de Punta Carnero and Torre del Lobo, although it was already in the Bay of Algeciras. It is one of those referred to by archival documentation with an exclusive watchdog function. Called watchtowers, beacon towers, lookout or marine, their mission of exploration of the horizon in search of hostile sails imposed their location in very high places and with good visibility since ancient times, since this type of construction is attested on the shores of the Mediterranean since ancient times.
If you want to know more, continue reading: The beacon tower known as del Fraile is one of the main defensive monuments of the city of Algeciras, and until recently, the last building of this type that was erected completely intact in the coastline of this town, Gibraltarian countryside. The place names of Torre del Fraile, Torre de los Canutos, Torre de Fontanillas, Torre de San Diego or Torre de Cala Arenas, have been applied to the airy Beacon that rises in the same orographic complex of the Torre de Punta Carnero and Torre del Lobo, although it was already in the Bay of Algeciras. It is one of those referred to by archival documentation with an exclusive watchdog function. Called watchtowers, beacon towers, lookout or marine, their mission of exploration of the horizon in search of hostile sails imposed their location in very high places and with good visibility since ancient times, since this type of construction is attested on the shores of the Mediterranean since ancient times.
