What is Roman Walls of Lugo?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site |image = Muralla romana de Lugo.JPG |image_upright = 1.2 |caption = |location = [[Lugo]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]] |criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(iv)}}(iv) |ID = 987 |coordinates = {{coord|43.0111|N|7.5533|W|source:wikidata|display = title, inline|format=dms}} |year = 2000 |area = {{convert|1.68|ha|acre|abbr=on}} |buffer_zone = {{convert|59.88|ha|acre|abbr=on}} |locmapin = Spain Galicia#Spain |map_caption = }} The '''Roman Walls of Lugo''' (Spanish, Galician: ''Muralla Romana de Lugo'') were constructed in the [[3rd century]] [[AD]]. The walls were created as late [[Roman Empire]] [[fortification]]s. They are still largely intact today. They stretch over {{convert|2|km}} around the historic centre of [[Lugo]] in [[Galicia (Spain)]]. Located on a hilltop the walls have a wide [[ditch]] directly in front of them.<ref name=Cleary127>Simon Esmonde Cleary; A. Simon Esmonde Cleary, ''The Roman West, AD 200-500: An Archaeological Study'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 127–28</ref> The walls average about {{convert|10|m}} in height and are up to {{convert|8|m}} thick.<ref name=Cleary127/> At the front of the wall there are a series of [[Semicircle|semicircular]] [[tower]]s up to {{convert|13|m}} in [[diameter]].<ref name=Cleary127/> The walls are constructed of [[schist]] from the local area.<ref name=Partington324>Helen Partington; Dorothy Stannard; Brian Bell, ''Spain'' (Singapore: APA Productions; Maspeth, NY: Langenscheidt Pub., 2003), p. 324</ref> The walls have been declared a [[World Heritage site]].<ref name=Partington324/> == Images == {{commons category|Ancient Roman walls of Lugo}} <gallery> File:Puertas de la muralla de Lugo (numeradas).svg|Map of the walls showing the location of the 10 gates File:Porta.SanPedro.jpg|The Porta de San Pedro, one of the five original Roman gates File:Lugo 060420.jpg|Walkway over the walls </gallery> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Spain]] [[Category:3rd-century works]]