Torre Vigía Pilar de la Horadada

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Throughout history these lands suffered numerous attacks by pirates who landed on the coast and made raids and plundered the inland areas. The coastal watchtowers were built with the purpose of warning of the approach of pirates' ships, by communicating each other by means of fires and other signals. An example of this type of watchtowers is the sober 16th century defensive Tower of Horadada, which is located between El Puerto and El Conde Beaches. It owes its name to the holes which are inside the tower itself and which served to communicate the different rooms of it. The declaration of our tower as BIC (Cultural Heritage Property) by the Second Additional Provision to Law 16/1985 was an important point to be remember. Because of that, we think that it is a real honour to have it on our coast.