THE CORNER TOWER
Free admission
Presentation
The remains of the last existing circular tower date back to the early 13th century. The tower has an internal surface area of around 6m². It is built of rolled pebbles embedded in mortar. Over the centuries and up until the 1940s, the tower was used as a dwelling. It then collapsed.
In 1197, Lord Raymond de Canet, lord of Sainte Marie la Mer, obtained from King Peter II of Aragon the right to fortify the village. These fortifications follow a rectangular plan with four corner towers and a fifth in the middle of the eastern walls.
The tower was remodeled in 1412, when the inhabitants levied a tax on goods sold in the village to repair the walls and ditches.
Very few remains of the 13th-century fortifications have survived intact.
This "TORRE", along with the "Portal", is one of the last remaining witnesses to our village's medieval past.
THE CORNER TOWER
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