Links and sources
All information on this site comes from official archives and publications of Alicante's heritage. These are the resources we consulted and that you can visit to explore further.
Institutions
Alicante City Hall
Owner of the site and manager of the Interpretation Centre.
Open link →Provincial Council of Alicante
Co-funding and provincial cultural programme.
Open link →MARQ — Archaeological Museum of Alicante
Scientific direction and exhibition content.
Open link →MARQ Foundation (C.V.)
Management, outreach and educational programmes.
Open link →Documentary resources on the towers
Topoguide of the Watchtowers of the Huerta (alicante.es, PDF)
Municipal guide with entries for every tower.
Open link →Plinthus — Towers and Estates of the Huerta
Comprehensive collection of entries, plans and bibliography by Antonio Campos Pardillos and Juan López Sala.
Open link →Torre Sarrió entry (Plinthus)
Detailed description of the tower and its house.
Open link →Wikipedia — Defensive towers (Huerta of Alicante)
Encyclopaedic catalogue and bibliography.
Open link →Guide to Castles, Towers and Fortifications of Alicante
Entry CA-112 with location and condition.
Open link →Monumentalnet — Torre Sarrió
Concise monument entry.
Open link →Academic studies
Menéndez Fueyo, J.L. — Centinelas en la costa (MARQ, 1997)
Defensive and huerta towers of Alicante, MARQ edition.
Open link →Jover Maestre & Menéndez Fueyo — Typology of the towers (1994)
Reference typological study.
Open link →Morote Seguido & Medina Aragón — The huerta and its towers as a tourist route (2015)
Cuadernos de Turismo, no. 35.
Open link →Other towers and defensive heritage
Torre del Conde (Alicante)
One of the emblematic towers of La Condomina.
Open link →Torre El Ciprés (1661)
Neighbouring defensive tower in La Condomina.
Open link →Torre de Santa Faz
Next to the Santa Faz monastery.
Open link →Torre Águilas
Tower in the Albufereta district.
Open link →Torre de Rejas
La Condomina, 16th century.
Open link →Santa Bárbara Castle
Peak of Alicante's defensive system.
Open link →Press and outreach (2026)
Alicante Plaza — Torre Sarrió opens a window onto history
Coverage of the opening.
Open link →Alicante Mag — Torre Sarrió reveals the defensive legacy
Report on the public opening.
Open link →Diario Información — Museum of the Watchtowers of the Huerta
Chronicle of the launch.
Open link →El Periódic — A network of defensive towers unique in Spain
Torre Sarrió as the gateway.
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