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Torre Palane (en)
Route: Falesie
Torre Palane (en)


The Torre Palane is located approximately 15 meters above sea level and is overhanging on a cliff just a short distance from the town of Marina Serra.   The tower, existing since 1569, is square in shape and of considerable size. The structure has a truncated pyramid base with a square plan, surrounded by a curb, on which rise the animated walls with openings of various sizes. On a series of protruded corbels, the crowning is set up provided with the original machicolation.   Inside, a barrel-vaulted room leads to a second room, vaulted all the same, below the ground level, with no openings and intended for cistern or deposit.
Via Carlo Mirabello, Marina Serra, Tricase

constraints:
Vincolo Architettonico Area del Parco naturale regionale costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase

bibliography sources:
Giovanni Cosi, Torri marittime di Terra d'Otranto, Galatina 1992. C. Ferrara, Le torri costiere della penisola salentina. Sentinelle di pietra a difesa del territorio, Progeca, 2008.

historical information:
The tower is a part of the fortification system of the Salento peninsula, built in the sixteenth century to defend the coast from the Saracen raids. It communicated visually with Torre del Porto di Tricase on the north and with Torre Nasparo on the south.
Info
property:
State property
accessibility:
Inaccesible
constraints:
Vincolo Architettonico Area del Parco naturale regionale costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase
conservation:
Mediocre
period of construction:
XVI century
historical information:
The tower is a part of the fortification system of the Salento peninsula, built in the sixteenth century to defend the coast from the Saracen raids. It communicated visually with Torre del Porto di Tricase on the north and with Torre Nasparo on the south.
other related objects:
121, 111, 110
bibliography sources:
Giovanni Cosi, Torri marittime di Terra d'Otranto, Galatina 1992. C. Ferrara, Le torri costiere della penisola salentina. Sentinelle di pietra a difesa del territorio, Progeca, 2008.
num gps:
101
Related Point of interest
Distance from:
Torre Palane
190 m
Santuario della Madonna Assunta (en)
Largo Assunzione, Marina Serra, Tricase
710 m
Bosco Le Chiuse (en)
Contrada Comunale Calini/Contrada Palane, Tricase
814 m
Torre Nasparo (en)
Strada vicinale Nasparo, Tiggiano
870 m
Gli ulivi (en)
Intervento – C.da Palane, Tricase
1170 m
Bosco di Tricase (en)
Serra di Tricase, Tricase
1309 m
Quercia Vallonea (en)
Strada provinciale Presicche-Specchia-Porto di Tricase (Loc. Madonna del Carmine), Tricase