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• Ávila city walls. Ávila.

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  … C/ Lope Nuñez, 4. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) http://muralladeavila.com/es/. The walled enclosure dates back to the Middle Ages. The wall controlled the entrance of provisions and merchandise, and also isolated the city, guarding it against the potential outbreak of a plague or epidemic, in additio…

• Cordoba City Walls. Córdoba.

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  … Calle Cairuán y Ronda Marrubial. 14001. Córdoba. Cordoba. (Andalusia) www.turismodecordoba.org. The defence of the town. The Arab wall surrounded and fortified the town but today only a stretch of the wall and some of its entrances remain. Gateways surviving in the wall are: Seville Gate, dating fro…

• Segovia City Walls. Segovia.

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  … Calle Martínez Campos, (Arco del Socorro). 40003. Segovia. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: info@turismodesegovia.com. www.turismodesegovia.com. A substantial part of the walls that surrounded Segovia in mediaeval times, starting at the Alcázar fortress, are preserved. They were rebuilt in the 11th century of…

• Tarragona City Walls. Tarragona.

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  … Avenida Catalunya s/n. 43003. Tarragona. (Catalonia) http://www.tarragona.cat/lajuntament/conselleries/patrimoni/museu-historia. Ancient Roman city wall ruins. Three towers and several sections of the wall still remain intact. The Roman city wall is known as the archaeological walk. It was built in …

• Dalt Vila defensive walls. Ibiza.

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  … Zona Dalt Vila. 07800. Eivissa. (Balearic Islands) http://www.ibiza.travel. The walled town. The walls mark the perimeter of the oldest part of the town. The old walls of the town, built in the 16th century to protect it from the attacks of the Turks, took forty years to build. The walled enclosure …

• Defensive walls and Cristo Arch. Cáceres.

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  … Plaza Mayor. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/recursos-culturales/muralla. The Roman doorway is the only one that still remains intact. It was built in the first century with large ashlar stones that were set in place with ropes and logs. The barrel vault lies between two…