Tower · Madīnat Ilbīra
Atalaya de la Mesa
Today: Atalaya de la Mesa, Íllora
- Place
- Madīnat Ilbīra (Atarfe)
- Kind
- Tower
- Built
- 13th to 15th century
- What remains
- Ruins
- Visiting
- Not checked
A Naṣrid watchtower at the end of the Puerto Lope pass, the main road from Alcalá la Real, which watched the Castilian frontier and could be seen from the towers of Mingoandrés, La Gallina and Sierra Elvira. Only its solid lower third survives, almost 5 metres high.
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