Tower · Ġarnāṭa

Torre de Gabia la Grande

Today: Torre de Gabia la Grande, Las Gabias

Place
Ġarnāṭa (Granada)
Kind
Tower
Built
13th to 15th century
What remains
Standing
Visiting
Not checked

A 13.5-metre rammed-earth tower in the Plaza del Fuerte, attributed to the Naṣrid period for its interior decoration, which includes the Naṣrid arms and motto. It has vaulted rooms, horseshoe arches with lobed archivolts, a wooden ceiling and carved stucco; the Junta de Andalucía restored it in the 2000s.

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