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Torre de Calaburras Mijas

Watchtowers Málaga

Torre de Calaburras – Mijas – Calaburras Watchtower

The  Torre de Calaburras (Calaburras Watchtower) is located in the Andalusian municipality of Mijas, next to the N-340 and near the Faro de Calaburras.

Calaburras Watchtower was built in 1575 an is conical plant with 13,40 meters in height and 7,90 meters in diameter.

Its original entrance was at 8,50 meters in height, although at present it stands at 6,70 meters.

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The Tower is know as “Calaburra” or simply by “Burras”.

In a document of 1571, it mentions La Cala and the residence of las Burras, which indicates the existence of a small military settlement; but it wasn´t until 1574 when Francisco de Cordoba, General Captain of the Kingdom of Granada, handed over 75.000 maravedis to pay for the construction of the tower. The tower was finished a year later. The initial budget rose up to 200.000 maravedis ( 500 ducadas).

The next reference to the tower was in 1634 when Pedro de Texeira includes the tower with that of the Tower of Calahonda and Tower La Nueva in his works “Description of Spain and its coasts and its Kingdoms”.

In 1762 a report is made that indicates that the Tower of Calaburras is in a “medium” state and is equipped with two cannons of 4 pounds each in weight. That the building had two tower keepers who had 6 “fanegas” of dry land for their use. Nevertheless two years later, in the rules and regulations of 1764, the tower is described as having a corporal and three tower keepers.

The General Plan of Building Works made in 1767, points out that the Tower of Calaburras needed to be reinforced to support two cannons of 4 pounds in weight and have repair works donde. These works must have been carried out, because in 1774 the tower was armed with these cannons.

There were no novelties until the middle of the 19th century, when in 1857 it wasindicated that the Tower of Calaburras, with a sort of cylinder shape of 25 ½ “varas” in diameter, was in good condition and had been included in the telegraph project that was set up that year.

In 1863 the lighthouse nearby with the same name began to work. This lighthouse was demolished later and was rebuilt in 1928, with a height of 23 metres.

Temboury, points out wrongly, that it was built in 1515, and describes the tower as boat tail with a base of 7.90 meters in diameter and a housetop of 5.75 metres and 13.40 meters in height. The original entrance was 8.50 meters high, even thoug later the entrance was situated 6.70 meters.

Calaburras Watchtower Mijas

Fuente: iaph


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