Tower · Marbālla
Torre de la Leonera
Today: Torre de la Leonera, Benahavís
- Place
- Marbālla (Marbella)
- Kind
- Tower
- Built
- 12th to 15th century
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Not checked
A rectangular watchtower with a vaulted building against it, one of the five that defended the castle of Montemayor and appear on the arms of Benahavís. Its date is disputed: it is held to be Naṣrid, but other sources suggest an Almohad origin tied to the irrigation system.
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