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El Perelló mayor condemns tower vandals

7 years ago News
Torre dels moros before

The Torre de les Guardies before it was restored earlier this year

The mayor of El Perelló, Ferran Cid, has spoken out against vandals that broke in to the Torre de les Guardies this week.

The tower, situated on a hill just outside the village, was recently restored at a cost of nearly 50,000 euros. It is one of a chain of optical telegraph towers built in the mid-nineteenth century which sent messages across Spain. They became obsolete in the early 20th century.

Earlier this week, someone forced the door and smashed some of the new plaster inside.

In a message transmitted via El Perelló’s loudspeakers on Friday morning and published on the El Perelló Actiu Facebook page, Ferran Cid said the actions had caused ‘deep sorrow and a lot of anger’ because they ‘harm everyone and benefit no-one’.

The mayor said that it wasn’t clear who the vandals were, but that the event had been reported to the Mossos d’Esquadra.

Ferran Cid’s words in full:

Veïns i veïnes del Perelló, sabeu que recentment s’han acabat les obres de rehabilitació de la Torre de Telegrafia Òptica del Perelló, coneguda com la Torre de les Guàrdies. Els cost ha estat de 48.678,26 euros i s’ha finançat amb diners públics, és a dir, amb diners de tots. Aquesta mateixa setmana hem comprovat que s’ha forçat la porta d’entrada, que ha quedat trencada en part, i a l’interior s’ha malmès l’arrebossat de la part inferior de la finestra. Es desconeixen els autors, tot i que s’ha denunciat davant els Mossos d’Esquadra per tal que els puguin localitzar. Aquests fets ens causen una profunda pena i molta indignació perquè són el resultat d’una bretolada que no beneficia a ningú i sí que ens perjudica a tots. És molt lamentable que l’esforç col·lectiu de preservar el patrimoni comú es vegi alterat d’aquesta manera. Una de les preocupacions dels ajuntaments és la falta d’educació cívica d’algunes persones que no tenen consciència clara de que conviure significa tenir respecte al poble i als que hi viuen,. Aquesta falta de civisme fa que l’Ajuntament hagi de destinar una bona part del pressupost a netejar zones públiques, reparar instal·lacions o retirar deixalles que, si tots col·laborem, no seria necessari i podríem destinar-los a atendre altres demandes de la nostra comunitat. 

More about the tower and its restoration here.

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