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Torre des Carregador

It is one of the oldest watchtowers

La Torre des Carregador es originaria del siglo XVI, aunque fue modificada para adaptarla al nuevo sistema defensivo de la costa pitiusa del siglo XVIII Photo: Xescu Prats
La Torre des Carregador se encuentra situada en la cala de Sa Sal Rossa, donde hay un conjunto de casetas varadero Photo: Xescu Prats
La Torre des Carregador podía dar refugio hasta a 200 personas, en caso de ataque pirata Photo: Xescu Prats
La Torre des Carregador, entre las chumberas cercanas Photo: Xescu Prats

From the far end of the beach of Platja d’en Bossa you can see Torre des Carregador, also in the Natural Park. It is one of the oldest watchtowers on both islands and it was built to protect the workers at the salt works from corsairs.

It was designed by the same engineer who designed the walled enclosure of Dalt Vila, Giovanni Batista Calvi, equipped with a weird feature, a chimney, which was a shelter too. It house up to 200 people, and the tower watchers worked in it until the end of 1867.