{"id":535,"date":"2021-12-09T13:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apuntmenorca.com\/?post_type=culture&#038;p=535"},"modified":"2022-02-10T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:09:13","slug":"torre-de-fornells","status":"publish","type":"culture","link":"https:\/\/apuntmenorca.com\/ca\/espais-culturals\/torre-de-fornells\/","title":{"rendered":"Torre de Fornells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Menorca compta amb un total de <strong>catorze torres de defensa, onze de les quals s\u00f3n d\u2019origen brit\u00e0nic<\/strong>. D\u2019entre aquestes, <strong>destaca la Torre de Fornells<\/strong>, una de les m\u00e9s grans i ben conservades.<\/p>\n<p>Va ser <strong>constru\u00efda entre 1801 i 1802<\/strong> per protegir l\u2019entrada del port de Fornells, el tercer port natural m\u00e9s gran de l&#8217;illa, i va ser restaurada i oberta al p\u00fablic l\u2019any 2000.<\/p>\n<p>El seu aspecte exterior difereix molt del de les seves contempor\u00e0nies. Aix\u00f2 es deu al refor\u00e7ament de la planta baixa i al parapet cil\u00edndric de la part superior.<\/p>\n<p>Al seu interior, <strong>una petita exposici\u00f3 explica al visitant com era la vida dels soldats a la torre<\/strong> i les caracter\u00edstiques constructives de l\u2019edifici.<\/p>\n<p>La torre t\u00e9 quatre nivells visitables: la cisterna per la recollida d\u2019aig\u00fces, el pis inferior que servia d\u2019emmagatzematge, el primer pis on habitaven les tropes, i el terrat, on hi havia tota l\u2019artilleria i des d\u2019on es feien les tasques de vigil\u00e0ncia.<\/p>\n<h2>La Torre de Fornells: una de les torres de defensa del litoral<\/h2>\n<p>Les torres de defensa, com la Torre de Fornells, s\u00f3n<strong> testimoni del paper estrat\u00e8gic que va jugar l&#8217;illa en alguns moments de la hist\u00f2ria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Especialment prol\u00edfic en construccions va ser el pas del segle XVIII al XIX. En aquest per\u00edode es van construir catorze torres, tres van ser obra d&#8217;enginyers espanyols \u2013Alcalfar, Punta Prima i Son Bou\u2013 i la resta, d&#8217;enginyers brit\u00e0nics \u2013Stuart, Mesquida, Teulera, Santandria, Felipet, Addaia, Fornells, Sanitja, sa Torreta i ses Sargantanes.<\/p>\n<p>Totes eren edificacions artillades, a difer\u00e8ncia de les constru\u00efdes en \u00e8poques anteriors \u2013excepte el Castell de Sant Nicolau\u2013 que tenien una funci\u00f3 merament de vigil\u00e0ncia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menorca compta amb un total de catorze torres de defensa, onze de les quals s\u00f3n d\u2019origen brit\u00e0nic. D\u2019entre aquestes, destaca la Torre de Fornells, una de les m\u00e9s grans i ben conservades. 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