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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
It sits within the topics Almohad architecture, Buildings and structures completed in 1221 and Buildings and structures completed in 1760.
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Key facts
- Type
- Watchtower
- Location
- Seville , Spain
- Criteria
- Monument
- Designated
- 3 June 1931
- Reference no
- RI-51-0000887
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- albarrana tower
- Country
- Spain
- Image
- Torre del oro laurels Seville Andalusia Spain.jpg
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- Commons category
- Torre del Oro
- heritage designation
- bien de interés cultural
- architectural style
- Art of Al-Andalus
- inception
- 1221-00-00
- native label
- Torre del Oro
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Encyclopedic overview
The Torre del Oro (Arabic: بُرْج الذَّهَب, romanized: burj aḏẖ-ḏẖahab, lit. 'Tower of Gold') is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river.
Constructed in the first third of the 13th century, the tower served as a prison during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the golden shine it projected on the river, due to its building materials (a mixture of mortar, lime and pressed hay).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torre del Oro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.