Torre di Abbacurrente

The tower of Abbacurrente is a tower belonging to the complex of fortified structures that, from the early Middle Ages until the mid-nineteenth century, constituted the defense, sighting and communication system of the coasts of Sardinia. It is located on the seashore, on a rock bar located on the far left of the long beach of Platamona, in the Gulf of Asinara; it is administratively part of the municipality of Porto Torres, from which it is about four kilometers away.