El derribo de las murallas de Valencia de Alcántara en el siglo XIX
2013; Volume: 69; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Espanhol
ISSN
0210-2854
Autores Tópico(s)Archaeological and Historical Studies
ResumoespanolConsiderada desde la Edad Media como una plaza clave en la frontera con Portugal, las murallas que se conservaron hasta el siglo XIX eran consecuencia de la ultima reconstruccion realizada entre 1765 y 1766. Sin embargo, a mediados del siglo XIX este sistema de fortificaciones resultaba ya obsoleto, constituyendo un obstaculo a la hora de plantear el ensanche de una poblacion en aumento. Por ello durante el bienio progresista se inicio un proceso complejo hasta conseguir los permisos necesarios para su derribo. Una vez logrado este objetivo el Ayuntamiento tuvo que hacer frente al problema derivado del alto coste que suponia el derribo de las murallas por lo que recurrio a distintas formulas con las que finalmente consiguieron desmantelarla casi por completo llegando hasta el siglo XXI solo una minima parte de lo que fueron. EnglishConsidered since the Middle Ages as a key position in the frontier with Portugal, the walls preserved until the nineteenth century were the result of the last reconstruction carried out between 1765 and 1766. However, by the midnineteenth century this fortification system turned out to be obsolete, becoming an obstacle when the time came to think out the expansion of an increasing population. That is why, during the Bienio Progresista, a complex process started until the necessary permissions to demolish them were obtained. Once this objetive was achieved the Town Hall had to face the high cost the demolition of the walls involved, which forced them to resort to various methods until they eventually managed to dismantle them almost completely, with only a small part remaining until the twenty-first century.
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