City fortifications of Alcúdia
The city fortification Alcúdia ( Catalan : Murada d'Alcúdia ) is the listed city fortification of the Spanish city of Alcúdia in the northern part of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca .
Architecture and history
The construction of the city wall began at the end of the 13th century and was based on a design by King James II .
The city wall has a square floor plan and a total length of 1.5 kilometers. It was secured with 26 towers. The wall was built without the use of mortar and is largely preserved. Their average height is six meters. There are two city gates, the Porta de Santa Sebastià in the west on the road to Palma and the east Porta del Moll , which leads to the port . In the area of the Porta de Santa Sebastià, the wall is open to the public.
The city fortifications mainly served to protect against pirate attacks, but it was overcome several times. In the 17th century, King Philip IV had another star-shaped fortification ring put around the city. This more modern ring featured triangular bastions . The space between the two rings was used as a ring path. The outer ring, however, was later removed and, apart from small remains, has not been preserved. The year 1660 on the Porta de Santa Sebastià goes back to this time.
The city fortifications of Alcúdia are registered in the local register of monuments under the number RI-53-0000037.
literature
- Marga Font: Mallorca . Triangle Postals SL, ISBN 978-84-8478-638-2 , p. 111.
- Susanne Lipps, Oliver Breda: Mallorca . DuMont Reiseverlag Ostfildern, ISBN 978-3-7701-7634-2 , p. 250 f.
- Thomas Schröder: Mallorca . Michael Müller Verlag Erlangen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89953-870-0 , p. 190.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Schröder: Mallorca . Michael Müller Verlag Erlangen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89953-870-0 , p. 190
- ^ Marga Font: Mallorca . Triangle Postals SL, ISBN 978-84-8478-638-2 , p. 111
Coordinates: 39 ° 51 ′ 11.7 " N , 3 ° 7 ′ 25.1" E