What role did Torre de Les Caletes play in Benidorm history? How did those living in this defensive element live? An exhibition will tell what life is like for those who watch the sea from this place. Cataloged as Punta del Cavall and Area of Cultural Interest (BIC)
Benidorm City Council Historic Heritage Department staff, nowadays at the Museu Bocal del Calvari, Indicates ‘guardians of the sea’. Caletes Tower, An exhibition by the Alicante State Assembly and the Alicante Archaeological Museum (MARQ) centered on the 16th century watchtower.
Specifically, the material will be exhibited This BIC cataloged by MARQ was recovered in 2017 and 2018 restoration. Ana Pellicer, councilor of the district, said, “The greatest attraction of this exhibition is the knowledge of the whole historical context and the role Torre de les Caletes has played over several centuries, as well as the materials and objects that archaeologists have found in the rescue and consolidation work that has been carried out”.
By temporarily returning this material to Benidorm, we are completing the story we started when, at the request of the City Council, the Provincial Coastal Service continued its construction by carrying out the consolidation project of the rock on which the tower is located, in 2017. restoration, thus ensuring its survival over time”. found material processed, analyzed and cataloged by MARQ and it has allowed archaeologists to know how the rangers living in our Torre de les Caletes lived according to “the clothes they wore, the weapons they used, and even the way they ate.”
And this is part of what can be seen in the exhibition: textiles, including some espadrilles, pottery remnants used to store water, ivy pieces used to light bonfires this allowed to sound a warning in case of pirate attacks on the shore or to fire lead bullets from defensive rifles.
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The Mayor of Historic Heritage said, “Marq took care of even the smallest detail of the exhibition.n Very visual special design, all aspects of dissemination and supporting audience interaction are also addressed”.
‘Guardines del Mar’ will not be alone because “it comes with the exhibit. ‘Stone Guards. Alicante castles’, A tour of the province’s main fortifications” took place, the councilor noted. Also, this second exhibit is “available through the symbolic Castell, which is part of the coastal defense line”. • The Torre de les Caletes opens to the public this Friday. March 10, 19:00.