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Tower of el Mas de l'Hereu

Montbrió del Camp, Baix Camp, Tarragona

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Tower of el Mas de l'Hereu

Monument · Montbrió del Camp, Baix Camp, Tarragona

The Torre del Mas de l'Hereu is a circular tower built around 1591 to defend against the increasingly frequent attacks of Berber corsairs on the Catalan coast, with a ground floor, two upper storeys and a lookout crowned with battlements and machicolations. It forms part of the Mas de l'Hereu, a farmhouse whose origins go back to the 12th century, today divided into two properties together with the Mas Llambert, with a first noble floor of two halls and an interior courtyard with porches and a cloister, as well as a large pond. The complex, restored, was fitted out with rooms for rural tourism; the tower retains four storeys and a sundial dated 1609.

Photo: fer55. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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