Torreón de Cuadros

Torreón de Cuadros

This cylindrical watchtower is 6.37m in diameter and 12m high, with 1.6m thick walls pierced by three arrow slits. The tower, now lacking its original parapet, was once divided into three floors. The original Castillo de “Quadros” is mentioned in a 1260 document by Alfonso X, but only this tower remains. According to Milagros Jiménez and Tomás Quesada (1992), it was built on a Moorish structure, possibly the "castiello" mentioned in the document. They date the tower to the 13th century, built by the Castilians to protect the pass from Bedmar to Cambil between the Sierra Mágina and Almadén peaks. Francisco Cerezo and Juan Eslava (1989) suggest it was constructed in the early 14th century. There was likely an earlier structure, probably from the 12th century, as al-Khatib mentions the place name Qutrus, possibly derived from the Latin Quattuor. The tower is located south of the town, off the JV-3222.

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