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Located in the town of Corsavy, the Tour de Batère overlooks the Col de la Descargue, proudly erected on a rocky peak of the Puig de l&
39;Estelle, first buttress of the Canigou. The signal towers of the Pyrénées Orientales are an example of
39;a complex surveillance and communication network developed from the XNUMXth century on the orders of Jacques II of Majorca. Lookouts there issued codified signals of smoke during the day, of luminous fire at night, in particular to diffuse the
39; alert during the Norman invasions. The tower of Batère communicated with the other towers of Vallespir (about fifteen) and the tower Del Far and those of the plain (about forty). This network declined from the XNUMXth century.
