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San Vicente de la Barquera – the old town has preserved the walls along with the castle; Santander – the old town had medieval defensive walls. A stretch of wall alongside Calle de Cadiz is all that remains; Santiago de Compostela – only a gate (Arco de Mazarelos) remains
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1]
Section of the Servian Wall Section of the Roman walls of Lugo, Spain, 263–276 AD. Defensive walls are a feature of ancient Roman architecture.The Romans generally fortified cities, rather than building stand-alone fortresses, but there are some fortified camps, such as the Saxon Shore forts like Porchester Castle in England.
This wall was less than 5 metres (16 ft) tall and about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) thick at its base. [1] Since that time it has been enlarged and strengthened. The walls and the many gates are still largely extant today. This is one of the reasons that Tallinn's old town became a World Heritage Site. The walls were enlarged in the fourteenth century ...
The moat that ran around the outside section of the city walls, which were armed by more than 120 cannons, provided superb city defense capabilities. [7] In 1979, the old city of Dubrovnik, which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Part of the southern section of the Chester city walls showing the base of a former drum tower and the River Dee The Roman walls of Lugo are a UNESCO World Heritage Site The Walls of Ston are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston, in Dalmatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa, in what is now southern ...
The city walls are the medieval defensive mechanism surrounding the old city of Nuremberg, Germany. Construction started in the 12th century and ended officially in the 16th century. They measured 5 kilometers (with about 4 kilometers still standing) around the old town.
Limes Germanicus, Roman defensive line along the Rhine and in South-western Germany Limes Moesiae - defensive frontier system in Southeast Europe , a collection of Roman fortifications between the Black Sea shore and Pannonia , present-day Hungary, consisting primarily of forts along the Danube (so-called Danubian Limes ) to protect the Roman ...