{"id":3597,"date":"2021-05-24T03:11:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T03:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/watchtower\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T03:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T03:11:15","slug":"watchtower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/watchtower\/","title":{"rendered":"watchtower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/atalaya.jpg\" alt=\"Watchtower\" width=\"220\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40394\" align=\"right\"\/>The <strong>idea<\/strong> from <strong>watchtower<\/strong> it can be used in different contexts.  A watchtower can be a <strong>tower built on an elevation<\/strong> to monitor what happens in the surrounding land or in the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other towers for military use, the watchtower is usually built in isolation.  The height offers the watchdog the perspective necessary to observe large areas and also gives them <strong>safety<\/strong> in the event of attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Various <strong>concentration camps<\/strong> Y <strong>jails<\/strong> they had their own watchtowers.  In these cases, the control was carried out towards the interior: that is, the inmates were watched so that they did not escape.  In the military field, the watchtowers lost their preponderance as a result of the development of technologies such as drones and <strong>satellites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Valmojado watchtower<\/strong> it's a <strong>example<\/strong> of this concept.  It was built in the <strong>XV century<\/strong> To over <strong>650<\/strong> meters above sea level in <strong>Valmojado<\/strong>, a Spanish municipality that belongs to the province of <strong>Toledo<\/strong> (in the autonomous community of <strong>Castilla la Mancha<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watchtower<\/strong> it is also the name of several localities.  In the Buenos Aires party of <strong>Magdalena<\/strong>, on <strong>Argentina<\/strong>, there is <strong>town<\/strong> of less than a thousand inhabitants that is called <strong>Watchtower<\/strong>.  There are also administrative entities called <strong>Watchtower<\/strong> on <strong>Cucuta<\/strong> (<strong>Colombia<\/strong>), <strong>Ucayali<\/strong> (<strong>Peru<\/strong>), <strong>Veraguas<\/strong> (<strong>Panama<\/strong>) Y <strong>Badajoz<\/strong> (<strong>Spain<\/strong>), among other places.<\/p>\n<p>It is known as <em>Rambla de la Atalaya<\/em> to a small volcanic cone and to a dry river located in Mazarr\u00f3n, a municipality in the Spanish region of Murcia.  More specifically, it is found in the Moreras blowout, at a <strong>distance<\/strong> from the municipal capital that is around 3 kilometers.  Currently only half of its crater can be seen.<\/p>\n<p>A genre of <strong>plants<\/strong> native of <strong>Australia<\/strong>, a Spanish theater company and a very popular confectionery, bar and bakery in <strong>Argentina<\/strong> which is on the way to <strong>Atlantic Coast<\/strong> (starting from <strong>Buenos aires city<\/strong>) are other elements called <strong>Watchtower<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the genus of plants, Atalaya comprises eleven species of trees and shrubs that belong to the family <em>Sapindaceae<\/em>.  While they are native to Australia, two of the <strong>species<\/strong> they are found in Malaysia and Africa.  Almost all Australian specimens are trees that grow in rainforests, although this genus appears in more parts of the country, both in arid and semi-arid areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Atalaya.jpg\" alt=\"Watchtower\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48539\"\/><em>Dc comics<\/em> used this term to name various <strong>bases<\/strong> used by the <strong>Justice League of America<\/strong>, a group of superheroes made up of the most important characters in the DC Universe presented for the first time in 1960. Among its representations is a space station orbiting the Earth and a building located on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>In Jerez de la Frontera, in the Spanish region of Andalusia, there is a cultural space called <strong>Watchtower Museums<\/strong> where we can find, in addition to the museums, several multipurpose rooms and <strong>complex<\/strong> created with the aim of holding shows, celebrations and meetings of different kinds.<\/p>\n<p>Other cultural activities that take place in the <strong>center<\/strong> thematic include meetings and conventions such as the summer cycle <em>Bohemian Nights<\/em>.  The Andr\u00e9s de Ribera Foundation is in charge of the administration of this group of museums, and the presidency is assumed by the Diputaci\u00f3n de C\u00e1diz or the mayor of Jerez de la Frontera, something that alternates every four years.<\/p>\n<p>In the Spanish Navy, there is a series of four patrol vessels based on the <strong>station<\/strong> naval de La Gra\u00f1a, and one of them bears the name <em>Watchtower (P-74)<\/em>.  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