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jamesthemonkeh
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I've never been myself but that is what I was thinking
very easy this one 
Ibiza-girlie
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been on the island 7 times and never got my arse to that spot!! embarrasing!
McRackin
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SES PORTES TOWER
This watchtower is located in ses Portes point, and some believe that it was built in the 16th century. The manuscript by Vicente Nicolau dated 1620 states: "The point or cape located next to it is very convenient for in the lighthouse between Ibiza and Fomentera there are three small islands that are three corridors called doors. In this same place once stood a very successful tunny fishery that was later abandoned (...). Hence the construction of this tower in this place. A tower with enough artillery to defend the fishery, which, once abandoned, was useless. God bless the King, our Lord, who has ordered its reconstruction on the island of s'Espalmador, next to Formentera. In a cross fire, the lighthouse will be defended from Argelians and pirates."
The towers of ses Portes and ses Ram are located in the southernmost part of the island. Ses Portes was built in 1750 and armed with three cannons. It was abandoned military in the 19th century.
The slightly cone-shaped main body of the remains of the tower is divided in two floors with domed ceilings, as well as an upper platform. There is one door in the first floor and another one on the second floor. It still preserves three corbels from which once hung the "matacán".
This watchtower is located in ses Portes point, and some believe that it was built in the 16th century. The manuscript by Vicente Nicolau dated 1620 states: "The point or cape located next to it is very convenient for in the lighthouse between Ibiza and Fomentera there are three small islands that are three corridors called doors. In this same place once stood a very successful tunny fishery that was later abandoned (...). Hence the construction of this tower in this place. A tower with enough artillery to defend the fishery, which, once abandoned, was useless. God bless the King, our Lord, who has ordered its reconstruction on the island of s'Espalmador, next to Formentera. In a cross fire, the lighthouse will be defended from Argelians and pirates."
The towers of ses Portes and ses Ram are located in the southernmost part of the island. Ses Portes was built in 1750 and armed with three cannons. It was abandoned military in the 19th century.
The slightly cone-shaped main body of the remains of the tower is divided in two floors with domed ceilings, as well as an upper platform. There is one door in the first floor and another one on the second floor. It still preserves three corbels from which once hung the "matacán".
