Reflections about the restoration of a rammed earth Islamic tower

Torre Bofilla is an Islamic watchtower built at the beginning of the 13th century by the dwellers of the underlying farmstead of the same name. It is a tower made out of rammed earth filled with a small amount of lime and stone filling, with a square 6 by 6 m plan and about 18 m high. This article addresses the research carried out on the tower during the restoration works, with the preliminary reflections intended to make the restoration respect to the greatest possible degree the old fabrics and all the traces accumulated upon it both during the building stage and later, when it was plundered, abandoned and manipulated. The text will deal with the specific details of the restoration of the tower with the different systems applied in order to address the criteria and reflections made beforehand.