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Roman Walls of Lugo

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	lugo roman wall jpg[320×240] Lugo s Roman wall Muralla Romana Even today almost 1700 years after it was first built Lugo s Roman wall is still a defining and un missable feature of the city Constructed over a period of 45 years between 265 AD and 310 AD the wall is over 2km in circumference and completely encircles the old town The picture to the left indicates the scale Publishing origin
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	lugo wall2 jpg[320×240] 12 metres in thickness At its highest level the wall is about thirty five feet 12 metres tall and is in the unusual shape in plan of a quadrangle The original wall had five Roman gates not the ten of today and was built using a traditional roman mortar which made use of locally available gravel stone mud and possibly a small quantity of lime To the right a Publishing origin
	lugo wall gate jpg[320×240] were heavily fortified and produced what must have been a near impenetrable barrier to all potential attackers Below one of the many turrets that bellow out from the main wall Access stairs that take modern day visitors to the top of the wall are not original neither are the paved and graveled surfaces that they now walk on This becomes obvious when you Publishing origin
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	1916557 The walls of Lugo [360×500] Send Picture as a PostCard Publishing origin
	lugo wall3 jpg[320×240] Mosqueira tower with its arched windows This suggests that there may once have been an additional one or two storeys of masonry above the walkway level of the walls that we see today Lugo s Roman wall has national monument status and is supported by the Galician Xunta parliament which has invested in restorations and refurbishments When you look at the wall from Publishing origin
	lugo wall4 jpg[320×240] page to Lugo in Galicia To the right you will see a menu bar containing link buttons that will take you to themed pages featuring Lugo s old city its Roman wall its monumental Cathedral plus information about the areas fiestas beaches and more You can use these buttons to navigate around this section and explore the city in detail There are plenty of photographs for Publishing origin
	lugo muralla plano jpg[440×382] Actual plan of Lugo wall with its doors Roman city was surrounded by a wall with a rectangular plan with round angles Its building design and construction follows the Roman rules for Publishing origin

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