Gibraltar

N57- Robs & Cati

My friend Roberts contemplates the promenade of poniente in La Linea. He parked his Ducati illegally and sat to contemplate the bay and the rock of Gibraltar.

N57- Robs & Cati2021-11-26T15:03:21+01:00

N51- Al-Andalus – Arriving at the Mountain of Tariq

trip to the past, around 1350. It is spring and the bay shows its natural beauty when the beach used to reach the gates of the rock fortifications. The Tower of Homage, was rebuilt during the second Moorish period of occupation in the early 14th century, after its near destruction during a reconquest of Gibraltar by the Moors following a re-occupation by Spanish forces from 1309 to 1333.

N51- Al-Andalus – Arriving at the Mountain of Tariq2021-11-26T15:10:31+01:00

N31- La Primera Torre

The Torre Nueva, also called Torrenueva and sometimes Torre Sabá, is a beacon located in the Andalusian town of La Línea de la Concepción and is one of the 44 towers of the same characteristics that dotted the Spanish coast from the river Guadiaro to the border with Portugal. All of them were built during the reign of Felipe III, along with others located along the Mediterranean coast from Málaga to Catalonia. The purpose of these watchtowers was to warn the coastal population of the presence of Berber pirate ships, for which smoke signals and bonfires were used. At the top of each tower, there was always a bundle of dry wood to be burned immediately in case of danger, transmitting the alarm signal to the towers nearby. The Torre Nueva communicated visually with the Torre Nueva de Guadiaro and the Torre Carbonera. As of 2017 it is in a relatively good state of conservation, integrated with the beach of Playa de Torrenueva to which it gives its name.

N31- La Primera Torre2021-11-26T15:17:41+01:00
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