History
Also known as Piazza Porta Terra. This was erected at the expense of the very rich Aljama (the Jewish community) of Alghero as is certified by the document of authority by the Catalan Pietro il Cerimonioso dated 6th November 1360. Originally called Portal Reialand in Savoyan times Porta a Terra, it was one of the two entrances of the walled enclosure. The second access to the fortified citadel was by means of Porta a Mare. Furnished by a draw bridge which leaned on the great gothic arch which is the actual framework of the monument for those fallen in the 1st World War, the Torre dels Hebreus (Jew's Tower) rose in front of an artificial moat for protective reasons. On the ground floor you can immediately notice the vault in squared stone and the Catalan emblem in relief.
The old spiral stairway to the second floor has since been substituted, but the ribbed vault and the mount for the cannons still remains.
