
Picture of Torre de Pimentel in Bajondillo.
Credit history: Ayuntamiento de Torremolinos.
Torre de Pimentel, which offered the community of Torremolinos its name, is commemorated throughout October in an event of paints.
The exhibit ‘Torre de Pimentel’ can be checked out at the Casa de Cultura from September 23 to November 8. The exhibit includes 12 jobs that include Torre de Pimentel in Torremolinos, in tribute to the site that offers its name to Torremolinos.
Each of the jobs is a historical vision, an analysis, and a memory of the tower and its area, Bajondillo. The Pimentel Tower, or ‘Mill Tower’ is where the name Torremolinos originates from and has actually constantly stood as a renowned suggestion of the origins of the Costa del Sol community. When the tower was developed, it functioned as a protective armed forces article to safeguard the grain mills from pirate strikes. The initial option of place for the mills resulted from the streams that streamed below the mountainside and transformed the fantastic wood mill wheels to make flour.
Tower safeguarded the sultan’s revenues
As a watchtower, the square 12-metre-high building belonged to a team of towers that safeguarded the coastline of Malaga. The tower, the mills, and the orchards would certainly have come from the Nasrid sultan. According to Castilian narrates, the mills were originally more vital than the tower given that they loaded the Nasrid sultan’s funds. Later on, many thanks to the revenues that needed to be secured, the tower acquired better significance.
The exhibit at the Casa de Cultura, Torremolinos, can be checked out from Monday to Thursday from 9am to 2pm and from 3pm to 9pm, and on Fridays from 9am to 2pm. It shuts on Saturdays, Sundays and public vacations. Entrance is cost-free.