6. The Arch of the Almudaina Palace and the archaeologists of the twentieth century.

©Text i fotos: Àngel Gené i Ramis; traducció a l'anglès: Montserrat Casanovas i Stobart; suport informàtic: Martí Gené i Ramis

One of the gates of the Roman wall, the only one that is left from the 5th century, was also used by the Islamic and Catalonian conquerors. We have already seen some fragments in the Episcopal Palace gardens and at Morey Street.

The ashlars at the top are from the Muslim domination while the cantilevers are from the Gothic period.


We can observe the thickness of the wall from the threshold; it is around two metres thick, and some of the holes in which a cylindrical piece was placed to allow the ancient door to be moved.


On the right side we can see a good stretch of Roman wall with one of its towers fixed to it.
During the second half of the twentieth century, archaeological research confirmed that the gate was one of the entrances to the Roman city (until then, it was believed that it had Islamic origins).