Torre de Cristal

Today: Castillo de Villaricos, Villaricos (Cuevas del Almanzora)

Place: Cuevas del Almanzora
Kind: Tower
Built: 1763 to 1772
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

An eleven-metre horseshoe tower by the mouth of the Almanzora, built over an earlier one between 1763 and 1772, under Carlos III; it was a military post and later a Guardia Civil barracks. Restored in the early 1990s, with its exterior open to all, it is a tourist office and exhibition room today.

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