Cabo de gata Spain. San Miguel Tower on the beach of Cabo de gata, Almeria, Spain.
San Miguel Tower was built in 1756 by order of Ferdinand VI of Spain. It replaced an earlier, probably 16th century, predecessor. Its function was to defend the nearby settlement of La Almadraba de Monteleva and its salt marshes. After the Peninsular War in 1808 the tower was abandoned.
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