La coracha de la Villa de Comares. Una estructura defensiva del agua adaptada a relieves verticales

In the Middle Ages, the village of Comares (Málaga) was a hins4, the capital of a large territory that also included the present-day municipalities of Almáchar, El Borge, Cútar and Benamargosa. Its dependence on rainwater collected in cisterns and from springs located outside the perimeter of the fortress, together with the erratic rainfall of the Mediterranean climate, made it vulnerable to sieges. A descriptive observational study is presented with the aim of identifying a land coracha (defensive outpost) probably from the Almohad-Nazarí period, to secure and defend a fountain located 70 metres downhill and just over 300 metres from the town from attack. The coracha of Comares was a road protected by a wall and two towers that climbed up the cliff from a bastion next to a fountain, up to the wall that protected the town.