The village of Salares, which is one of the few villages in the Axarquía Costa del Sol region to have preserved part of its traditional built environment, features a minaret that dominates the townscape, situated on the right-hand side of the present-day Church of Santa Ana, characterised by a rectangular prism structure. It is built of brick and masonry, comprising three sections; the first is entirely undecorated, although it is topped by a horizontal rectangle of tiles featuring two rows of blue rhombuses on a white background. The second section, which is longer, consists of recessed rectangles with sebka panels on all four sides, formed by mixtilinear rhombuses created using cut bricks, leaving the corners undecorated. At the base of the mixtilinear rhombuses, some small columns have disappeared and no trace of wall painting remains. The final section, added in the Christian period to house the bells, rises from an impost and is covered by a hipped roof.
As we enter the west courtyard of the church, we come across the remains of pillars and pointed arches, which date from the former mosque.
This Almohad minaret, with its 12 metres high, It contrasts with the white of the farmhouse, standing out due to the use of moulded red bricks to decorate the sebka panels. In the 16th century, the upper section was added to convert the tower into a Christian one.
The minaret is part of the town’s parish church It was formerly a mosque that was converted into a Christian basilica. It bears a close resemblance to the Alminar de Árchez, although it is somewhat smaller, standing approximately 12 metres high and measuring 3.5 metres on each side.
This minaret was declared National Monument The building, which was inaugurated on 16 November 1979, is one of the most beautiful examples of Almohad art in the Iberian Peninsula. Built in red brick between the 13th and 14th centuries, it has two sections and four openings with magnificent sebka panels.
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