Torre Peraires

Monuments | Palma de Mallorca

The tower of Paraires, together with the tower of Señales or Portopí, are the only two examples of coastal towers and are located at the mouth of the port of Portopí, one of the ports of Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). Their function was signaling and defensive. The two towers closed the port with a chain. The tower has a square ground plan, flat roof and four blind walls with loopholes as openings. The roof is finished with battlements. The foundations are from Roman times, protected as a national monument (Bien de Interés Cultural) in 1876.