Murallas - S. IX, Tudela

The walls of Tudela were the fortification, of Muslim origin, that defensively surrounded the city of Tudela, along the perimeter that now forms the Old Town of the city. A first wall was built in the early ninth century, with the fortification of Amrùs ben Yusuf, which surrounded a first enclosure, the foundational. This first wall reached as far as the Mediavilla ravine, which initially served as a natural defensive moat. With the demographic growth, especially in the time of the Banu Qasi, this wall was extended during the first half of the 9th century until it reached the next natural moat, the river Queiles. This corresponds to the main wall of the medina of Tudela, which remained intact until the 16th century. After the reconquest of Tudela in 1119, the Moors were moved outside the walls, building a new district known later as the Morería; this new district was immediately protected by a new fortification: the walls of the Morería.