The restoration works of a section of the medieval wall of the Paseo de Cabestreros, in

Toledo

, which is being carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, have allowed the discovery of an

Umayyad wall from the 10th century

.

The section of the wall of Andalusian origin and the three towers of the

Umayyad Caliphate

discovered are part of the

Al-Hizan works

that Caliph Abderramán III built in the first third of the 10th century.

Although the study work is nearing completion, there is evidence that this set of structures, a total of

three new towers and a section of wall of about 30 meters

, are from Al-Hizan that

Abderramán III

built

, since the rigging of this The work, carried out using a

rope and brand ashlars technique

, belongs to the so-called official architecture of the Umayyad Caliphate, the Ministry of Culture and Sports reported this Friday.

He has pointed out, in a press release, that in the official architecture of the Umayyad Caliphate power is shown through the forms of building in ashlar masonry and modulation of the pieces in their placement.

A find of great importance

The Ministry has highlighted that it is

a finding of great importance

, since

for the first time it has been possible to document archaeologically

the southeastern closure of this palatine area of ​​the Umayyads in the city of Toledo.

In addition, having been able to verify the chronology and presence of this great Umayyad space, it will be possible to better understand the rest of the sections of wall on this side of the city, where there may be more sections of this enclosure that, to date, have not could be framed chronologically, he added.

The Ministry of Culture has recalled that these architectural elements from the Umayyad period have been found when executing the emergency works carried out by this department for the consolidation of a section of the Toledo wall.

Thanks to the archaeological control work, when cleaning the wall, it has been possible to document the presence of a

rectangular tower

, as well as a section of wall of Andalusian origin.

From this first find and incorporating the studies of archeology of architecture and archeometric analysis, it has been possible to detect how, embedded in later phases,

there are two more towers that were amortized by modern constructions, mainly by the construction of the Hospital de Santiago

.

The works on the wall of Toledo, which have a budget of 237,601.95 euros, began in October 2020, when, after inspection by the fire service, parts of the wall canvas were detected in an extremely precarious situation with risk of collapse towards the ring road of the walled enclosure, has explained the Ministry of Culture.

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