Torre de Fornells

Today: Torre de Fornells, Fornells

Place: Fornells
Kind: Tower
Built: 1801 to 1802
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The defence tower that the British raised between 1801 and 1802 to watch the entrance of the harbour of Fornells and to protect the castle of San Antonio. It is a truncated cone of dry stone reinforced with sandstone blocks, on four levels: a cistern, a store, the garrison's quarters and an artillery platform. It was in private hands and nearly ruined until the town council bought it in 1994; since the works that ended in 2000 it has been a museum that can be visited.

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