The Santa Eulalia neighborhood becomes a benchmark for Arab defensive architecture with the opening of the Wall Visitor Center. The project consists of a two-story building that shows visitors the history of the wall found in Santa Eulalia, as well as the development of the city from the 9th to the 18th century.

Building made of noble materials, such as wood, steel and glass and designed by Andrés Cánovas and Nicolás Maruri, it is located on the excavation that was open in the Plaza de Santa Eulalia, next to the hermitage of San José. In the excavation, of about 110 square meters, remains of the 12th century Arab wall are preserved, on which a new wall was built in the 15th century and an access tower.

The Visitor Center is made of materials consistent with the area and respecting the archaeological remains. It has an area of ​​451.21 square meters distributed in the basement, ground floor and first floor.

The exhibition inside the building allows you to appreciate a recreation of the Santa Eulalia neighborhood in Muslim times.

The first walls of Murcia must have been built very shortly after 825 AD, the date the city was founded. This primitive fence, built with rammed earth, was replaced around the 12th century by a more solid piece of concrete rammed earth. The new wall was reinforced by turrets and by a second lower defensive line, called 'ravelin' or antemuro, in front of which the moat ran. After the Castilian conquest in the middle of the 13th century, this complex defensive system remained in use and underwent periodic repairs, such as the monumental curved door that was built at the beginning of the 15th century in Santa Eulalia. At the end of that century, with the conquest of the kingdom of Granada and the union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, the dangers that justified their existence disappeared and the walls became an impediment to urban development, so little by little little began to disappear.

The transformations and adaptations of the wall to the needs of the city summarize the history of Murcia; its foundation in the 9th century, its development in the 12th century, the Castilian conquest in the middle of the 13th century, its border character during the 14th and 15th centuries and, finally, the disappearance of defensive needs after the union of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon and the conquest of the Nasrid sultanate of Granada at the end of the 15th century. The wall fell into disuse in subsequent centuries and is being recovered as an urban element at the end of the 20th century.

The Santa Eulalia Wall Visitor Center aims to preserve and transmit the importance of the city's Muslim legacy; spread the importance of defensive architecture, especially the 12th century wall; show the history of the city from the 9th to the 18th century; increase the tourist offer of the municipality; motivate visitors to learn about other aspects of the city's historical heritage and museums, and promote the Santa Eulalia neighborhood.

SCHEDULE

Tuesday - Saturday: 10-14h and 17-20h

Sundays: 10-14h

RATE

Free entrance.

Only accessible for the disabled ground floor.