Within the southern a part of the island of Sant’Antioco within the “Turri” space, there’s a watchtower which was constructed beneath the federal government of Rely Lorenzo Bogino.
Actually, he reorganized the administration of the coastal towers constructed beneath the Spanish domination of King Philip II. Already a while earlier than, the residents of Iglesias, fascinated about cultivating land on the island of Sant’Antioco, had made a plea to the king of Sardinia, during which they supplied their assist for the development of towers on the island.
Because of this, Carlo Emanuele III gave orders to the viceroy Cacherano of Bricherasio to arrange the development of the 2 towers already deliberate on the island. In 1757 the tower designed by the navy engineer Vallin was constructed; it stands on the “su moru” cape, the southern promontory of the island of Sant’Antioco, right this moment known as “Turri”.
Turkish flotillas used to anchor on this stretch of sea till the primary many years of the nineteenth century. The Tower carried out an vital work of sighting and speaking information to the navy departments answerable for the protection of the island of Sant’Antioco in the course of the French invasion try of 1793 and on the event of the final two Tunisian incursions of 1812 and 1815 on the island .
The Canai tower remained lively till 1815. In latest occasions the tower has been used as a vacationer residence by a personal particular person who, for this function, has “remodelled” it in a questionable method. Solely in 1994 was it lastly returned to collective use by the Italia Nostra affiliation which, after acquiring it beneath concession, carried out a restoration challenge in collaboration with the Superintendency of Cultural Heritage of Cagliari and the Ministry of the Setting.
