Arab wall

The Islamic Wall of Valencia surrounded the city and had seven gates:

- Bab al-Qantara: it was located approximately where the Serrano Towers were later located. It was the northern entrance to the medina.

- Bab al-Hanax: between Carrer de les Salines and Carrer de Cavallers, very close to Plaça del Tossal. It was the western entrance to the city.

- Bab al-Qaysariya: minor gate that served as access to the souk or market. Approximately where Blanket Street and Trench Street meet today.

- Bab Baytala: crossing between Manyans Street and San Vicente Mártir. It was the southern entrance to the city.

- Bab al-Sharia: it was located in the current Plaza de San Vicente Ferrer. It was the door this. He gave his name to the neighborhood of La Xerea.

- Bab Ibn-Sakhar: located near where the Tremp Monastery is located today. It is believed that it was oriented towards Mecca.

- Bab al-Warraq: on what is now El Salvador Street, opposite the Trinity Bridge. It overlooked a wooden bridge that connected the city with the area of Vivers and the Monastery of the Trinity.

It grouped together the Barrio de la Seu, the eastern half of the Barrio del Carmen, La Xerea and the north of the Barrio del Mercado.

The remains of the Islamic Wall that are preserved in the city of Valencia are scarce and those that are found are in poor condition. The most notable are the following:

- Plaça del Tossal: in the Tossal Gallery you can see a piece of wall 20 metres long and a square tower, as well as arches from the vault that covered the Rovella irrigation canal. All this within a museum environment that houses documentation on the wall and Valencia of those times. The ruins preserved here are believed to be those of the Bab al-Hanax gate.

- Cavallers Street: in Cavallers Street 36 and 38, we find other vestiges of its layout, part of the nearby and two towers.

- Torre del Ángel: one of the best preserved vestiges of the Arab wall is this semicircular tower, from the eleventh century, today used as a home, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.

- Mare Vella Street: in this street you can see another semicircular tower, partially renovated and integrated into one of the residential buildings that surround it, within a car park.

- Plaza del Forn de San Nicolás: in this place a tower and canvas are preserved.

- Les Roques Street / Blanquerías corner: inside a private building there is a semicircular tower and part of the canvas that preserves a group of battlements.

There are other remains located in other places of the historic center, some of them integrated into shops, such as in the Plaza de los Fueros, in a bakery on Roteros Street on the corner of Palomino; the canvas on which the Portal de la Valldigna, Calle Salines, Plaza del Tremp, Plaza Mariano Benlliure, etc. opens.