Torre Vigia Cap d' Or Traditional Geocache
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(regular)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
Take a higher view on the coastline and the tower
In the direction of the beach EL PORTET Park arround N38°41.173 -
E000°09.054 . You will find white-green marks of a path. As you
follow these marks, a small path lead you to the tower. Enjoy the
sight . Now follow your GPS to the cache point.
Small note on cache maintenance: I had spoken to
my friend who lives in Moraira. He was very interessed in the hobby
and he agrees for the maintenance of my cache. when I'm not in
Spain.
The Torre del Cap d'Or stands at the highest point of the Cap
d'Or, on the edge of the rocky coastline. It is circular in shape,
with a perimeter of 26 metres and a height of 11 metres. The tower
is solid, and there is no doorway; to ascend the tower, a rope
ladder was let down from above. Two cannons were situated on the
tower in order to provide a defense for the port of Moraira.
The Torre del Cap d'Or forms one of the protective devices which
the engineer Antonelli recommended to King Felipe II, in order that
the town could be defended against the Berber pirate attacks.
Approximately 126 metres to the southeast of the tower stands a
rectangular well, which would have been used to supply the soldiers
on lookout duty with water.
|
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gur pnpur vf haqre n gerr naq pbirerq jvgu fgbarf.