western civ day fourty-six

This is the Roman city walls of Lugo. These walls were built between 263 and 276 B.C. These walls were built to protect roman city, Lugo, from German invaders and local tribesman. The length of the wall was 6,960 ft and the height varied between 26 ft and 39 ft. There are 10 gates and 85 towers still in tact today. The wall is in pretty good shape. The wall was built from stone slate and some granite.