Torre Inserraglio is located in the village with the same name, less than 50 metres from the sea and at an altitude of about 3 metres.

Torre Inserraglio (also known as Torre di Critò, a dialectal alteration of the word critmo, sea fennel) communicates with Torre Uluzzo to the south and Torre Sant'Isidoro to the north. It is located in an area with little urbanisation.

History

The construction of this tower was awarded in March 1568 to Camillo Chiarello from Lecce, who built it according to the design of the Royal Engineer Giovanni Tommaso Scala and completed it within eight months. Due to Camillo's death, however, the tower was completed in September 1570 by his brother Donato, who had succeeded him. Mentioned in all ancient cartography since 1620, it was already in a poor state in the early 19th century and still in use by the customs guard in 1842.