Province
& Villages - Cadiz - San Roque - Torreguadiaro
San
Roque information
Puente Mayorga
In 1540 the Turks landed in Puente Mayorga during
a raid, destroying more than 200 barrels containing
eighteen thousand gallons of wine which belonged to
the church tithe. They also slaughtered 300 pigs which
were grazing in the surrounding fields. There was
already a settlement here at the time. Until the 1930's
the village had its own cutoms office office and could
have been the natural harbour for the Bay of Algeciras.
Torreguadiaro
The was part of the exiting coastal defence system
which was operational from the 15th until the 19th
century. The watch tower here may ahve been built
at the end of the 15th century or at the beginnig
of the 16th century and was used as a shelter for
travellers, cattle herdsmen and wood collectors from
the area. In 1796 it had a canon and a company of
guards. The present village was developed around a
fish village.
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