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Tower of Lleger

Sant Jaume dels Domenys, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

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Tower of Lleger

Monument · Sant Jaume dels Domenys, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

The Torre de Lleger is a cylindrical tower of irregular ashlar, about eight metres high, standing at the highest point of the village of Lleger, in the municipality of Sant Jaume dels Domenys; today it is partly collapsed, although its arrow slits can still be made out. The place is documented since 1023, and in 1410 an inventory of Beatriu de Tous mentions among her possessions the castle of Lleger, of which the tower is the last surviving trace. Like the rest of the towers in the area, it had a defensive character and was built around the 10th century, in the time of the Reconquista, to warn of the enemy with fire signals by night and smoke by day. About forty years ago half of the structure collapsed, and to avert danger two or three metres were removed from the upper part.

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