Palaces, Villas and Castles

The Brick Tower and the Oasis of Salinella

The Torre Mattoni is an anti-saracen tower located on the western outskirts of the hamlet of Marina di Ginosa in the municipality of Ginosa, almost on the border with Basilicata. The tower was built in the sixteenth century to defend the Ionian coast from sea raids by the Turks. Today it is in a state of abandonment, due to the impossibility to reach the tower following the allotment of a tourist village called torreserena. The tower is located east of the natural oasis of Salinella Lake.

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