Torre de Rejas

Monuments

The Torre de Rejas (in Valencian: Torre de Reixes) is a defensive tower located in the vicinity of the huerta Alicante, in the entity of Santa Faz, belonging to the city of Alicante (Spain). It owes its name to the two large bars that it has in its main façade. In 1997 it was classified as an Asset of Cultural Interest, together with the rest of the defensive towers of the Alicante vegetable garden. The legend holds that it was the mansion of the Arab corsair Ben Aymet, who ordered the destruction in the 12th century of the city of Lloixa, located in the vicinity of San Juan de Alicante; After the conquest, his troops were quartered in the tower. The current building is the traditional noble houses in the Huerta de Alicante and corresponds to the sixteenth century, highlighting its fortified tower. It belonged to the Talayero family, whose coat of arms is sculpted on the facade. It was later turned over to the architect Miguel López González, who carried out a thorough restoration of the building in the 1940s, contributing to the remains of the cloister of San Nicolás.