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Torre de Maro

Spain

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Torre de Maro, also known as the Torre de Calaturcos, is a 16th-century coastal watchtower located in the municipality of Nerja, Málaga, in the Andalusian region of southern Spain. It stands on a rocky platform near the edge of a cliff, east of Maro beach and within the Maro-Cerro Gordo Natural Park. On 29 June 1986 it was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Asset of Cultural Interest), the highest level of heritage protection in Spain, under registration code RI-51-0008068.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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