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Tower of Capicorb

Alcalà de Xivert, El Baix Maestrat, Castellón

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Tower of Capicorb

Monument · Alcalà de Xivert, El Baix Maestrat, Castellón

Coastal watchtower that was part of the defensive system of Xivert castle, together with the Torre Ebrí and la Badum, within the castle's alert and watch network. It was ordered to be built on 28 April 1427 by the commander of the Order of Montesa, friar Luis Despuig, at the mouth of the San Miguel river, next to the coastline, to warn of corsair attacks. It has a rectangular plan of 9 by 8.5 metres, is 13 metres high, and has walls two metres thick reinforced with ashlar at the corners. On the ground floor is the original door, round-arched, with a window above it on the intermediate floor; at the top the corbels of the old corsera and gun loopholes are preserved. A spiral staircase in the north-east corner connects the floors.

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Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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