Torre Vigía Bermeja

Benalmádena, Spain, Spain

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Torre Vigía Bermeja in Benalmádena, Spain, is a historic Moorish watchtower from the Nasrid dynasty of Granada, built between 1250 and 1399 as part of the coastal defense network against invasions.

This cylindrical masonry structure, 10 meters tall with a 3.33-meter diameter, brick-vaulted roof, and interior staircase, suffered wind damage by the mid-1500s and was reinforced around 1570 by mason Pedro de la Chica with a distinctive conical ravelin base and Christian-era double impost, marking it as one of the coast's oldest surviving towers. 

Positioned at the entrance to Benalmádena Marina, it once signaled threats like Barbary pirate raids via fires or smoke to nearby towers, and today stands as a protected cultural landmark amid modern developments, best viewed illuminated at night.