Torre_Río_Real
Torre Río Real
Tower in Marbella, Spain
Torre Río Real is a tower in Marbella, southern Spain, built in 1575. The tower, located next to the Mediterranean Expressway, is 10.85 metres (35.6 ft) in height and 22 metres (72 ft) in circumference.
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Like other beacon towers along the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia, the tower was part of a surveillance system used by the coast and Christian Arabs.[clarification needed] Also like the other towers, it has been declared Bien de Interés Cultural.