Muralla Urbana

The walls of Cabra are a defensive structure in the Spanish town of Cabra, in the province of Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its origins date back to the 7th century BC, during the Tartessian period, although most of the preserved area belongs to the Middle Ages. In 1961 they were declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in the category of Monument and Picturesque Landscape. In 2000 and 2002, a number of archaeological campaigns were undertaken which allowed some areas of the walls to be dated. In 2015, a series of restorations and reinforcements began to prevent ashlars from falling into the houses located under the wall. Between 2015 and 2017, the company Tragsa injected more than 600 tonnes of cement inside the wall to reinforce the structure. The second phase began in 2020 and ended in January 2023, where part of the walls were reconstructed, the area was illuminated and two column bases from the Roman period were found. In October 2024, an abandoned plot of land was rehabilitated as the new placeta Manuel Osuna Bujalance, priest, with views of the walls and a new access to the upper part, decorated with a fountain, a large tile dedicated to the Castilian King Ferdinand III, who conquered the city in 1240, as well as a model of the walls in the 17th century and a sculpture of a medieval soldier.