Torre Río Real | |
Native Name: | Torre Río Real |
Native Language: | es |
Location: | Marbella, Spain |
Type: | Tower |
Coordinates: | 36.5056°N -4.8453°W |
Designation1: | Spain |
Designation1 Type: | Non-movable |
Designation1 Criteria: | Monument |
Designation1 Date: | 22 June 1993 |
Designation1 Number: | RI-51-0008057 |
Torre Río Real is a tower in Marbella, southern Spain, built in 1575. The tower, located next to the Mediterranean Expressway, is in height and in circumference.
Like other beacon towers along the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia, the tower was part of a surveillance system used by the coast and Christian Arabs. Also like the other towers, it has been declared Bien de Interés Cultural.