THE CASTLE

In the course of the years military strategies were planned in order to defend not only the milling industry but also the ships that sailed off the Moorish coasts. So in 1763, the building of a castle in what is nowadays the Hotel Santa Clara and the nearby hills of Montemar started. It had quarters for cavalry and infantry, houses, storage rooms, chapel and a battery of 24 pounds cannons that could reach a league into the sea, almost 6 km. There are remains of this fortress at the top of Montemar, in an area known as “La Bateria” (the battery).