Avila

• Avila is a city in northern Spain which was the Roman town of ‘Abila’ or ‘Abela’ in Hispania Tarraconensis.
• It is famed for the ‘Walls of Avila’, a continuous medieval wall with 80 towers and 9 gates all illuminated at night. Raymond of Burgundy constructed the Walls in 1088 CE to defend Avila as a Frontier City against the Moors.

The Roman Sites

• The Roman Bridge of Avila
  • this was built in the first century CE, the piers and starlings are Roman.
• Avila town plan
  • this still follows the Cardo and Decumanus of the Roman city.
• Roman ashlar altar stones
  • these are embedded in the walls at the Alcazar Gate and Rastro Gate.

Museums

• Avila Museum

Avila Roman Bridge