The Torre de la Malmuerta is a watchtower connected to the wall by means of an arch that still exists and whose mission was to protect the gates of Rincón and Colodro.
It was built from 1404 onwards, on the remains of an earlier Muslim tower, by order of King Enrique III of Castile.
There has always been a legend surrounding the tower that it was built by a knight, ancestor of the Marquises of Villaseca, who had killed his wife for adultery without this fact being proven and who later, on seeing the injustice he had committed, apologised to the king for it, who condemned him to build this tower in memory of the lady who had been «badly killed», a legend from which it inherited the name by which it is known today.
After ceasing to serve as a defensive element, it was used for a variety of purposes such as a prison for nobles, an astronomical observatory, a powder magazine and the headquarters of the Chess Federation at the beginning of the 20th century. Today it is unoccupied.
The battlements and the belt of carved metalwork on which they rest reveal the exquisiteness of Mudejar art.
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