Torre de la Mata

Monuments

The tower of La Mata is a coastal watchtower built on a beach in La Mata, municipality of Torrevieja, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located next to the Plaza del Embarcadero in the urban center of Torrevieja's hamlet of La Mata. A short distance away, there is a canal that provides saline water to the lagoon of the same name as the Lagunas de La Mata and Torrevieja Natural Park. Its plant is circular, with a trochoconic shape, a diameter of about five meters and is built with masonry. It has undergone various repairs throughout history. It is known that the tower of La Mata was built again on ancient remains in the sixteenth century, being rebuilt by the military engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli and one of the last repairs was made in 1982.