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What to do in SouthSardinia - Walking / Hiking - Coltellazzo Spanish Tower…
A WALK TO THE COLTELLAZZO SPANISCH TOWER
Take an easy walk and enjoy the view which embraces on one side the Gulf of Cagliari and on the other the ruins of Nora and the hills of Santa Margherita!
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AN EASY WALK TO NORA'S SPAINISH TOWER
Your visit to the archaeological site of Nora (near Pula) can be completed with a visit to the Tower of Coltellazzo, a Spanish construction placed on top of a volcanic promontory. The Tower, built by Philip II between 1580 and 1610, was part of a defensive system set up by the Spanish to defend their territories from the incursions of the African Berbers.
Today, the monument hosts a lighthouse. Although it cannot be visited inside, the climbing up to its entrance makes all your efforts worthwhile: the view from that point embraces on one side the Gulf of Cagliari and on the other the ruins of Nora and the hills of Santa Margherita. An easy walk for a late afternoon.
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Torre di Coltellazzo, Nora,Pula (CA)
Coltellazzo Tower
Tour de Coltellazzo
Torre del Coltellazzo
Known also as“Coltellaccio” tower, or “Coltellas”, but moreover as “Coltellazzo” or “Castellas”, the Tower of Sant’Efisio stands about thirty five meters above sea level , on a promontory overlooking the bay of Nora , near the ruins of the Punic- Roman. After 1574 , it became necessary to build defense towers and lookout on all coastal areas of the Mediterraneo ruled by Spanish (including Sardinia), to face the growth of pirates invasion from North Africa.
Built in the late sixteenth century to ensure the defense and control of the Gulf of Cagliari in collaboration with the towers of Cala d'Ostia and San Macario , the tower of Saint Efisio seems to have been built on the ruins of previous buildings, perhaps some roman castles, using materials from moles of Nora. It became operative in the early seventeenth century , the tower acquired the name of " Sant'Efisio " in the second half of the same century.
he structure had a cone section shape with a small vertical parapet. The entrance is open to about 6 meters above the ground and facing south , opened into an inner chamber , 7.5 meters wide and with a domed ceiling , central pillar and stiffened ribs. Here there were derived some quarters , including the room of the alcalde (military commander), the accommodation of the soldiers ( at least six ), the powder magazine , storehouses, the galley and the kitchen. It was entered in the top of the tower through a rope ladder . To raise the alarm, at night they used to light fires in a large iron basin placed on top of the tower. By day, it could use smoke derived from the combustion of bitumen and wet heather. On top of the tower it was placed a cannon, by which they tried to bomb enemy ships .
Between 1722 and 1728 the tower was changed in a fort by the engineers Antonio Felice De Vincenti, with the help of engineer Bellin and captain Audibert. From the XIX century it suffered arbitrary changing which altered its shape and function, like, for example, the insertion of a external stair in order to facilitate climbing to the entrance. Now you can climb until the basement of the tower through a pathway behind the archaeological area. You can’t explore this structure without a permission by the superintendence. The tower garrison gave security against assaults from the sea to the internal territory where, meanwhile, Nora’s people had retired (building the new village of Pula). The business activity of the tower ended in the 1842, when was cancelled the establishment of the Tower Administration in Sardinia. Afterwards the tower of Coltellazzo began the Pula semaphore station . Now it houses the lighthouse property of the Navy, and it provides useful information to Mariners
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