{"id":1322,"date":"2016-01-05T00:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T12:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2017-10-13T19:29:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T18:29:58","slug":"panel-2-puig-ciutat-the-city-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/panel-2-puig-ciutat-the-city-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel 2. Puig Ciutat: the city wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was Puig Ciutat a strategic control point?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The location of the settlement makes it very valuable from a defensive and strategic point of view as access is only by two natural routes to the north and south. However, the poor long-distance visibility might have made it necessary to have several control points in the vicinity.<\/span><\/p>\n

In two of the excavated areas a city wall from the Late Roman Republican Period was discovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

The section of wall described in this panel is not currently visible. Until it has been consolidated, it has been covered over again to ensure its conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Where was the way in?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The archaeological excavations suggest that the wall bordered the settlement on the east and south sides of the hill.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to know the exact location of the gates in the wall, on account of its eroded state. However, certain clues suggest the presence of a gate on the south-east flank of the site.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did they get in?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The excavation has revealed a rectangular construction located inside the wall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its purpose and date are unknown to us. It has a small, sealed entrance that could have been a second way into the settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who were they defending themselves from?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Roman military remains have been found in different parts of the site and its vicinity. This suggests a siege by Roman troops established in camps around the settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s therefore believed that there could have been a confrontation between Romans.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Was Puig Ciutat a strategic control point? The location of the settlement makes it very valuable from a defensive and strategic point of view as access is only by two natural routes to the north and south. However, the poor long-distance visibility might have made it necessary to have several control points in the vicinity. … Continue reading Panel 2. Puig Ciutat: the city wall<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[63,64,289,57,62,199,179,56,307,126,306,308,54,59,42,58,122,309],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zona-de-visita-en","tag-access","tag-archaeology","tag-battle","tag-camp","tag-city-wall","tag-cup","tag-door","tag-excavations","tag-free","tag-museum","tag-open","tag-panel","tag-puig-ciutat","tag-republic","tag-romans","tag-siege","tag-virtual","tag-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1595,"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions\/1595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puigciutat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}