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 The Arc of the Macarena was one old front door to the walled city of Seville.In the days of Julio Caesar, to these walls and their towers were constructed, replacing the old fence done with trunks and existing mud from the Carthaginian time. During the empire of Augusto they were extended and perfected due to the growth of the city. The Arabs added more to the defense of the city widening it, and fortified that extension walling it under the dominion of sultán Alí Ibn Yusuf, that extended the dead ground by close in almost twice its old surface. Almorávides, that was conscious of the advance obtained on the Christian kingdoms of the north of Spain were dedicated to reinforce their defenses, constructing and fortifying the walls. The walls of Seville practically complete the sections were arrived century XIX, as a result of the 1868 revolution, was decided to demolish great part of the same ones, only having left from the Macarena to the door of Cordova and the sector of the Palace. At these Seville times it was a closed city, perhaps the best one walled of Europe. The made layout is conceived to favor the defensive technique of I flank, the construction technique was with tapial of mortar, lime, sand and pebbles, the brick in the vaults and the ornamentales strips of the towers was only used. The access to the city was made mainly reason why it was known by the shutters and the doors, that had their leaned access, according to it is observed in the one of Cordova, and being based on documents, they lacked decoration unlike which they are seen in magreb. They were distinguished in real, or public, and prevailed. Finishing century XV, during the empire of Carlos I, public or the real ones they are modified making them agree in the first place with the main streets, and later widening them to facilitate the transit of vehicles that already was very common in the time. This form to build in union to the constructions extramurals, gives the pattern to follow in the later years for the growth of the city. |
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