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Abstract

Throughout our Mediterranean coasts, there is a continuing series of towers of different shapes located in small hills above the sea, separated from each other far enough to be seen and able to communicate with each other. They are watchtowers that detect the proximity of intrusive boats that arrive from Northern Africa with no pacific intentions. It is to these towers - historical, cultural and touristic heritage - that were built between the XV and XVIII centuries, that we dedicate this article in which, in a brief manner, their important defensive mission through time and also their organization, typology, the materials used for their construction and their maintenance are described.

Alternate abstract:

A lo largo de nuestras costas mediterráneas nos encontramos con una serie continua de torres de diferentes formas situadas en altozanos que dominan el mar, separadas, unas de otras, a la distancia suficiente para que puedan verse y comunicarse entre sí con facilidad. Son torres de vigilancia o torres almenaras, que detectan la aproximación de embarcaciones intrusas que llegan del norte de África con intenciones poco pacíficas. A estas torres –patrimonio histórico, cultural y turístico– que se construyeron entre los siglos XV y XVIII, se refiere este artículo en el que de forma somera se describe su importancia defensiva a lo largo del tiempo, su organización, su tipología, materiales empleados en su construcción y su conservación.

Details

Title
Torres de vigilancia en la costa del antiguo reino de Granada (S XV-XVIII)
Author
M Fernández Cánovas
First page
e276
Section
Artículos
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
ISSN
00200883
e-ISSN
19883234
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
2237062635
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.