{"id":1956,"date":"2018-07-17T07:23:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T07:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavalledeitempli.it\/?page_id=1956"},"modified":"2019-02-18T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T14:01:35","slug":"fortifications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavalledeitempli.it\/en\/itineraries\/temples-valley\/fortifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section-title\">\r\n\t<h2>Fortifications and city-gates<\/h2>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\">Ardus inde Acragas ostentat maxima longe. Moenia,magnanimum quondum generator equorum&#8230;\r\n<p class=\"author\">Virgil \u2013 Eneid, book III<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<div class=\"section-content\">\r\n\t<p>The circuit of the fortification walls of  ancient Akragas was of considerable extension (12 km approx.). It had a  quadrangular perimeter and was partly cut into the rock and partly entirely built with masonry. It dates back to the sixth century B.C.<\/p>\r\n\t<p>This defensive system can rightly be defined as an human enhancement to a natural system that it could play alone the role of protection of the city that was located between the defensive stronghold represented by the  two hills of Girgenti and the Rupe Atenea to the North and the hill of the temples to the south. The latter was  not as high and steep as the others, but, nevertheless,  played an important  role of defense and control of the coast. The eastern and western sides of this hypothetical quadrilateral defined by the valleys of the Akragas and Ipsas rivers were defended by largely built walls.<\/p>\r\n\t<p>Along the circuit of the fortifications there were  nine gates placed always in correspondence of a valley or a slight natural depression. The gates were  of the sceo type with a bastion tower that was projecting on the right and with a powerful oblique re-entry. Of great interest at Gate I, the pincer bulwark: a great defensive work consisting of two wall sections converging towrds a tower: the largest of which is 55 meters long and  5 meters thick. The base of the tower (8.30 by 6.80 m) is preserved.<\/p>\r\n\t<p class=\"smallText\">Text \u00a9 Copyright Corrado Capraro<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[mym_geo_banners]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fortifications and city-gates Ardus inde Acragas ostentat maxima longe. Moenia,magnanimum quondum generator equorum&#8230; Virgil \u2013 Eneid, book III The circuit of the fortification walls of ancient Akragas was of considerable extension (12 km approx.). It had a quadrangular perimeter and was partly cut into the rock and partly entirely built with masonry. 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