Muralla de Maŷrīṭ

Today: Muralla musulmana de Madrid, Madrid

Place: Maŷrīṭ (Madrid)
Kind: Walls
Built: c. 852 to 886
What remains: Ruins

Remains of the wall of the fortress the emir Muhammad I had built in the 9th century on a bluff above the Manzanares, around which Madrid grew. It is probably the oldest standing structure in the city; what survives is of more archaeological than artistic interest.

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