Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Sóller

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Town of the Sóller valley, raided by corsairs in 1561

Sóller, in a valley of the Tramontana range, was attacked on 11 May 1561 by some 1,600 Algerian corsairs, an event remembered every year at a festival in May. Because of the corsairs, the Torre Picada and the castle of the Puerto de Sóller were built from the 16th century on, and part of the town was fortified, of which a stretch of wall survives beside the parish church.

What to see today

Torre Picada: Tower, 1614 to 1622
Castell del Port de Sóller (sa Torre) (Castillo del Puerto de Sóller (Torre del Alcaide)): Tower, 1543 to 1545

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