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Walls and Gates of Alcover

Alcover, Alt Camp, Tarragona

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Walls and Gates of Alcover

Monument · Alcover, Alt Camp, Tarragona

Image of Alcover, not of the place itself.

The walls of Alcover, in Alt Camp (Tarragona), were built in the 14th century by order of King Peter the Ceremonious, although the enclosure is documented since 1060 and the first walled perimeter is recorded in 1245. They had eighteen towers and at least three gates, of rammed earth with walls about a metre thick. In the 17th century a second enclosure was added to protect the expansion towards the south, with a new gate opened in 1634. Today four towers survive —two next to the Sant Miquel gate, that of Ca Ballester and that of Ca Tatxó— and two gates, that of Sant Miquel and that of la Saura; the rest disappeared when incorporated into houses. The complex is a cultural asset of national interest.

Photo: Jorge Cámara (CC BY 3.0)

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