Torre Cavallara

CAVALLARA TOWER"From the top of a plateau, for decades now I have admired the gentle waters of the Ionian Sea and the sunny beach that runs along the Catanzaro marina. From afar the city observes me, almost as if it wants to give me protection, but on the contrary it is "I" who has it date, hosting "cavallari" and scanning the sea in view of the enemy. Now I am here, abandoned, but the walls, although ancient, do not want to succumb. Perhaps not everyone knows of my existence, but knowledge can be given and passed down, well,. every now and then I like to remember it, it's me: the Cavallara Tower”.
Perhaps this is how that ancient ruin of considerable importance, which many know, but which many ignore, would appear.Behind the seaside district of the city of Catanzaro, on a high plain, stands this fantastic tower, "u Castellu" as many "marinoti" call it and known as Torre Cavallara.
The tower belongs to that type of towers that were used for the defense of the coasts and called Cavallara (16th century), precisely because it housed the so-called cavallari, men on horseback who, placed guarding the coast, warned the nearby military garrisons with the sound of their horns. or with smoke signals. Calabria along the coast possessed a large number of towers, which in addition to spotting the pirates who at that time were known for their raids, limited their invasions inland.
Its position allows you to see the sea on one side, while on the other the city of Catanzaro on its three hills.There has often been talk of giving the construction the importance it deserves, including it among the beauties to visit, but so far nothing appears to give rise to hope for this. There are many who do not know it, nor know about its history and its vicissitudes.
A place abandoned to itself, so much so that inside there are figures representing Lucifer which lead back to the "Order of the Black Triangle", a satanic sect that had a fair following years ago. This sect met here at least a couple of times a month, celebrating rituals in honor of Satan; the testimony appears to be a website, now darkened, of a student from Catanzaro who opened it with a home page in which he declared that he firmly believed in the existence of the god of the underworld and from which many followers arose.
From that event, investigations arose which led to the discovery of numerous buildings, including ancient and abandoned ones, within which satanic rituals were celebrated; the discoveries of drawings and remains of rituals also concerned the University of Catanzaro, leading investigators to think that the situation was becoming serious. This was how the police acted, but even today there are still signs of a much discussed cult in many places which is often taken for transgressive play by many children.