Torre Río Real

Coordinates: 36°30′20″N 4°50′43″W / 36.5055°N 4.8453°W / 36.5055; -4.8453
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Torre Río Real
Native name
Spanish: Torre Río Real
Torre Río Real is located in Spain
Torre Río Real
Location of Torre Río Real in Spain
TypeTower
LocationMarbella, Spain
Coordinates36°30′20″N 4°50′43″W / 36.50556°N 4.84528°W / 36.50556; -4.84528
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated22 June 1993
Reference no.RI-51-0008057

Torre Río Real is a tower in Marbella, southern Spain, built in 1575. The tower, located next to the Mediterranean Expressway, is 10.85 metres (35.6 ft) in height and 22 metres (72 ft) in circumference.

Like other beacon towers along the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia, the tower was part of a surveillance system used by the coast and Christian Arabs.[clarification needed] Also like the other towers, it has been declared Bien de Interés Cultural.

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36°30′20″N 4°50′43″W / 36.5055°N 4.8453°W / 36.5055; -4.8453