Fortress
Torre de los Adalides
🇪🇸 Spain
The Torre de los Adalides (Tower of the Champions) was a rectangular medieval look-out tower of Islamic design located in the vicinity of Algeciras, Spain. It was situated roughly 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the coast on a hill some 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level in the area which is now covered by the city's northern suburbs. The tower was demolished by the Spaniards during the Spanish–American War as they thought the Americans might use it as a base of their own.
The ruins of the tower are within military limits and cannot be approached without a formal permit.
Text adapted from “Torre de los Adalides” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre de los Adalides ranks #6,554 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #365 of the 602 mapped in Spain. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Algeciras, 2 km away. It is one of the 125 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Torre de los Adalides?
Torre de los Adalides stands in Spain, at 36.14566°, -5.46122°.
How famous is Torre de los Adalides?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,554 of 8,134 worldwide, and #365 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Torre de los Adalides?
Marinid Walls of Algeciras, about 2 km away.
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