Murallas de Jayrān

Today: Murallas del Cerro de San Cristóbal, Almería

Place: Al-Mariyya (Almería)
Kind: Walls
Built: 1012 to 1028
What remains: Standing

What still stands of the wall around Almería, raised by Jayrān, first king of the taifa, between 1012 and 1028, on the Cerro de San Cristóbal beside the Alcazaba. It has seven towers, three square Arab ones and four round Christian ones built for Alfonso VII in 1147, and the Almudaina gate. It is the only stretch of the circuit that has always been in the open.

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