Standing tall on a hill above El Campello, the Torre d'Aigües was built in the 16th century as part of a defensive system against pirate attacks, dependable on the Castell de Santa Bàrbara in the city of Alicante.
The tower is a cylindrical structure settled on a base, measuring eight meters in diameter. It was built using masonry and functioned as a lookout tower, similar to others found along the Valencian coast.
Currently, the upper part of the tower has disappeared, but the rest of its body remains in a good state of conservation.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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