Mill Tower

The tower, owned by the Ragusi family, is visible on the left side of the road leading to the Cape, just before the fork for the Belvedere. It is a cylindrical tower tapered upwards, located at about 90 meters s.l.m. e. built with metamorphic stones in sight, with access door and some quadrangular openings distributed on the two internal floors of the building. The first information on the place where it rises dates back to ‘500, when a document calls it “colle di Cola Villano” (character of the time, notable for rank and wealth). In the map of the Archive of Naples of the mid-1800s on that color is not marked any construction. The first graphic information about it dates back to the map published in 1823, and written, based on personal surveys, by Captain W. Smith of the British Navy, who refers to the building as “The Mill” (the Mill). However, local tradition also speaks of a use as a watchtower and for signals.