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TORRE ALMENARA O TORRENUEVA<br />

THE WACHT TOWER OF TORRENUEVA<br />

Es una <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong>s 44 torres <strong>de</strong> iguales características que contorneaban <strong>la</strong> costa<br />

<strong>de</strong>s<strong>de</strong> el río Guadiaro hasta <strong>la</strong> frontera con Portugal. <strong>La</strong> finalidad <strong>de</strong> estas torres<br />

era avisar <strong>de</strong>l peligro que corrían los habitantes <strong>de</strong>l litoral por <strong>la</strong> presencia<br />

<strong>de</strong> los barcos <strong>de</strong> piratas berberiscos. Dec<strong>la</strong>rado Bien <strong>de</strong> Interés Cultural<br />

en el año 1.985<br />

It is one of the 44 towers of the same characteristics that were built in the coast,<br />

from the river Guadiaro to the bor<strong>de</strong>r with Portugal. The purpose of these<br />

towers was to warn the inhabitants of the coast of the danger by the presence of<br />

the pirate ships. Dec<strong>la</strong>red a Good of Cultural Interest in the year 1985.<br />

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