Although some sources point to its construction at the end of the FIFTEENTH century during the time of the Catholic Monarchs, it seems that this tower was one of the planned watchtowers, next to the towers of Santa Isabel (Port de Massarró), Torre dels Cavalls (Bolnuevo), Torre del Molinet (Massarró) and Torre de Cope (Águilas), by Carlos I of Spain. According to other sources, the tower is said to have been built already under the reign of Felipe II and appears to be the oldest of the sentry towers on this coast.
Declared a Historic Artistic Monument, it was restored in the 1990s. It has a hexagonal shape, like the nearby Christmas tower at the entrance to Cartagena's harbor and has a two-body construction. It overlooks the Gulf of Massarró and is almost 100 meters above sea level.
For centuries it was a contrived tower with a detachment of carbines. It has in its battlements a powerful cannon that dates back to 1742 and was manufactured in Italy.
Under his lap, in the waters of this part of the Mediterranean, during the months of March to August, the almadrava is practiced, an ancient fishing art in which man and fish are measured face to face. It turns out to be a fishing art of Moorish origin, with which species such as tuna, pretty, melva and letcha are caught.