Museo de la Muralla

About the museum

The Museo de la Muralla is the result of excavations carried out between 1998 and 2000 on the site of the Casa del Paso, during the construction of the teaching block of the Salesas Campus of the Miguel Hernández University in Orihuela. The remains were preserved beneath the new building, and the museum opened in 2001.

A perimeter corridor and glass walkways allow visitors to tour the ruins, which are explained through a video, panels, models and materials displayed in cases. The wall, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on 14 December 1998, dates from the Almohad period (second half of the 12th century and first half of the 13th century); four towers and about 80 metres of curtain wall survive.

Islamic and late-medieval houses with central courtyards can also be seen, along with Arab baths outside the walls, the remains of a Gothic palace linked to Infante Fernando de Aragón, lord of Orihuela in the second half of the 14th century, and the Casa del Paso, an 18th-century manor house built over part of the wall.

Highlights

• Stretch of Almohad city wall with four towers, about 80 metres long
• Arab baths outside the walls from the 12th–13th centuries
• Islamic and late-medieval houses with central courtyards
• Remains of the Gothic palace of Infante Fernando de Aragón
• Walkway over the ruins on glass footbridges

Permanent exhibition

• Restos arqueológicos de la muralla y del barrio medieval – Stretch of Almohad wall, houses, Arab baths, Gothic palace and remains of the Casa del Paso, visited by walkways.

Founded

2001

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Orihuela

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

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