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Torre de los Molinos, origen del nombre de Torremolinos

Torremolinos, Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga

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Torre de los Molinos, origen del nombre de Torremolinos

Monument · Torremolinos, Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga

Image of Torremolinos, not of the place itself.

An adobe tower about 12 meters tall, built around the year 1300 to give warning of Saracen ships and which gives the municipality its name. It is documented since 1501 and bears witness to the up to nineteen flour mills of Arab origin that once made use of the valley.

hacia 1300; documentada desde 1501

Photo: DJ1706 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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