Tower · Balaš
Torre Atalaya
Today: Torre Atalaya, La Viñuela
- Place
- Balaš (Vélez-Málaga)
- Kind
- Tower
- Built
- 15th century
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Not checked
An Arab signal tower of the 15th century, some 9.5 metres tall, that watched the lands of Zalia from the coast and signalled to the shore towers and the castle. It fell out of use when Castile took Zalia in 1485. A corbel of the machicolation survives over the door, 6.5 metres up.
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