Torre del Almirante

Algeciras, Spain, Spain

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Torre del Almirante is a 14th-century watchtower in Algeciras, Cádiz province, Spain, first documented during Alfonso XI's 1342-1344 Siege of Algeciras where Genoese Admiral Egidio Boccanegra used it as an operations base against the Marinid fortress.

Rebuilt in the 17th century as Torre de la Almiranta within Spain's coastal defense system against Berber pirates—appearing on a 1608 bay map—it was strengthened post-1704 Gibraltar capture with batteries mounting four 24-pounder guns that repelled British forces in the 1801 Battle of Algeciras.

Its ruins, integrated into Paseo Cornisa park near Playa de la Concha, reflect centuries of strategic evolution from medieval signal post to modern machine-gun emplacement before abandonment.