Muralla urbana - Sevilla, Andalucía, España
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 37° 23.088 W 005° 59.537
30S E 235074 N 4141763
BIC in Spanish Heritage from 1985
Waymark Code: WM168HJ
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 06/01/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
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Es: "Sevilla posee uno de los tres centros históricos mayores de Europa. Este casco antiguo viene delimitado por las murallas que rodeaban Sevilla desde tiempos inmemoriales. Concretamente, estas murallas fueron construidas por orden de Julio César en tiempos de la dominación romana, sobre el año 65 a.C., y ampliadas por César Augusto al crecer la ciudad. Anteriormente Sevilla disponía de una empalizada que habían realizado los cartagineses, que era insuficiente para la protección de la ciudad.

En la época árabe mandaron fortalecer las murallas, que a raíz de un ataque vikingo fueron destruidas. Se tiene constancia de que en los años 913 y 1023 se volvió a levantar o reforzar el amurallado de la ciudad para protegerla de los ataques de las tropas cristianas en plena conquista de la península.

Subsistieron hasta el siglo XIX, siglo en que fueron parcialmente derribadas tras la revolución de 1868, conservándose en la actualidad algunos paños en el barrio de la Macarena y el entorno del Real Alcázar de Sevilla, principalmente.

No es baladí considerar las defensas de Sevilla como una de las más impresionantes de Europa, casi 7 km de longitud, 166 torreones menores, 13 puertas y seis postigos, de las cuales permanecen únicamente cuatro: la puerta de la Macarena, la puerta de Córdoba, el postigo del Aceite y el del Alcázar.

Los restos conservados en la actualidad mantienen un aspecto claramente almohade, mezclado con el aire clasicista que le proporcionaron las restauraciones de las puertas existentes en el siglo XVIII."

En: "The walls of Seville, built by Julius Caesar, were seven kilometres long, with 166 towers, 13 gates and 6 shutters.

It is universally known that Seville has one of the three largest historical centres in Europe; this so-called "old town" is limited by the walls that have surrounded Seville since time immemorial. Specifically, these walls of Seville were built by order of Julius Caesar, during the Roman domination, around 65 BC and extended by Caesar Augustus as the town grew. Previously, Seville had a palisade built by the Carthaginians, which was insufficient to protect the town.

In the Arab period, they ordered the walls to be strengthened, which were destroyed after a Viking attack; it is recorded that in 913 and 1023 the town walls were raised or reinforced again to protect it from attacks by Christian troops during the reconquest of the peninsula.

They remained until the 19th century, when they were partially demolished after the revolution of 1868. Today, some stretches remain in the Macarena district and the area around the Real Alcázar in Seville, mainly.

It must be remarked that Seville's defences were one of the most impressive in Europe, with almost seven kilometres long, 166 minor towers, 13 gates and 6 shutters, of which only four remain: the Macarena Gate, the Cordoba Gate, the Oil Gate and the Alcazar Gate.

The remains preserved today have a clearly Almohad look, mixed with the classicist style provided by the restorations of the existing doors in the 18th century."

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