Alcudia City Walls

The first position on the list of the most beautiful historical sites in Majorca is the Alcudia city walls, which are in excellent shape and have the extra charm of containing an extremely beautiful medieval core inside with buildings from the 13th century.

Alcudia's location made it vulnerable to numerous maritime threats. In the fourteenth century, King James II gave the order to construct impressive defenses with a perimeter more than one kilometer long and six meters high. Three access doors—the Porta del Moll, Porta de Mallorca, and la Porta de la Vila Roja—as well as 26 watchtowers from the original Medieval Muralla of Alcdia, have been preserved. These were strategically positioned to protect the city from attack by pirates and privateers coming from the north of the island. Later, following a number of prolonged assaults, they began to add new parts to the structure. Part of the new wall was damaged in the nineteenth century, and in 1974 it was determined that it should be protected by the Conjunto Histórico Artsticoto.

Taking the Street "Cami de Ronda" behind the highest external wall or battlement and walking along the parapet walk, you can now walk around the walls in less than an hour while taking in the views of the La Victoria Peninsula on the right. On Tuesdays and Saturdays, a market is also open near the Porta del Moll o de Xara gate, which connected Alcudia to the harbor in the eighteenth century.

Location: Alcudia, Balearic Islands, Spain