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Torrevieja – The Old Tower

The name of this village comes from the literal translation of Old Tower .Since around 1500, the Mediterranean sea was ruled by pirates from the Ottoman Empire, no coastal settlement was safe and each was vulnerable to looting and raids. Spanish ruler Phillip III focused on defense infrastructure. Dozens of defensive towers were built from the border with France to Cadiz and became part of a network of...

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