Tour de Santa Maria di a Chjapella

The tower della Chiappelli is in the north-west of the bay of Santa Maria, dating from 1548-1549 years.
This tower has been redesigned several times. In 1796 she suffered the onslaught of a squadron of the British fleet commanded by Admiral Nelson against. Severely damaged by bombing English, she is a section of its three-story vaulted. A sliding scale to mount from one floor to another. Vaults and arches are of machicolations Tamarone limestone, rock Quaternary easy to work.
The ruins of the tower are classified as historical monuments registration by order of March 8, 1991.