Torre Scalambri, Coastal watchtower in Punta Secca, Italy

Torre Scalambri is a three-storey coastal defence tower with a reduced batter (scarpa) at its base, standing at the western end of the harbour in Punta Secca, Santa Croce Camerina. It has a square plan and thick masonry walls; after 1908 the original arrow-slit windows were converted into doors with balconies.

Built in 1593, the watchtower was part of a network designed to defend against pirates and sea-based invaders. It worked together with other towers like Torre Vigliena and Torre di Mezzo to monitor the entire coastal region.

The tower appears in several scenes of the TV series Il commissario Montalbano, and the commissioner's seaside villa stands in the same small square. Its name recalls the nearby landing place (scaro) of Punta Secca, which the tower was armed to defend in 1595. A café now occupies the ground floor.

Torre Scalambri stands at the western end of the small harbour of Punta Secca, in the municipality of Santa Croce Camerina. The tower's ground floor now holds a café, so it can be approached on foot from the seafront. In the same little square stands the seaside villa used as Commissioner Montalbano's house in the TV series.

Torre Scalambri appears in several scenes of the television series Il commissario Montalbano, and the commissioner's seaside villa stands in the same small square as the tower. The tower also kept visual contact with Torre Cabrera, about 5 km east at Marina di Ragusa.