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Malgrat de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

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The Castle Tower

Monument · Malgrat de Mar, Maresme, Barcelona

The Torre del Castell is the most emblematic feature of Malgrat de Mar, in the Maresme (Barcelona), at the top of the Parc del Castell. It was built in the 14th century by order of the lord of Palafolls to defend the settlement of Vilanova de Palafolls, the origin of present-day Malgrat de Mar, and is already documented in 1382 as a defence against pirate attacks. In the 16th and 17th centuries it served as a coastal watchtower against Barbary piracy and as a battery; it suffered serious damage in a French bombardment in 1696, was attacked during the Carlist Wars of 1836, and between 1936 and 1939 machine-gun nests were installed on it. It is a cylindrical tower of which today only a third of its original height survives; a 2002 restoration removed the additions from the Civil War.

Photo: Carlos Pino Andújar (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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