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The AlmerÃa City Council, for years, has not taken charge of the San Miguel tower (or Cabo de Gata tower), an emblem that, as can be seen in the Photos of the Readers of La Vanguardia, is collapsing.
There are more and more parts that are already disappearing, with the winds, the tides and the heavy rains that wash everything away.
Tourists who arrive and do not know its history go through the ruins and enter a dangerous tower that one day will collapse, as its walls fell. The City Council does not provide solutions.
The Torreón de San Miguel is an 18th century military watchtower located in Cabo de Gata. It was registered as an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1985 as a Monument, but it is in a state of abandonment at the expense of a restoration project, which has not arrived.
There is evidence that indicates that since Andalusian times there was a system of watchtowers on the coast of Cabo de Gata. And the current keep was built due to the destruction of a previous one.
The structure began to be built on March 29, 1756 by order of Fernando VI to protect the town of La Almadraba de Monteleva and its salt flats.
The design was carried out by the architect Tomás Warluzel d’Hostel. The works concluded in mid-November of the same year and gave the tower a conical shape.
