{"id":16799,"date":"2020-10-22T12:33:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T10:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/luoghi_visite\/cinta-muraria\/"},"modified":"2021-04-08T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T07:54:21","slug":"boundary-walls","status":"publish","type":"luoghi_visite","link":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/luoghi_visite\/boundary-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Boundary walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>boundary walls<\/strong> were built to defend the town in the event of an attack, but they were also a decorative element with the desire to create a monumental boundary to the urban area. The walls were built with the typical Roman technique: an external layer in travertine, an internal layer of river stones and in the middle a filling made by mortar.<br \/>\nOn the upper part there was a walkway for the garrison. Along the boundary walls are visible the ruins of the ramparts and buttresses, in particular close to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/luoghi_visite\/roman-theatre\/\">Roman Theatre<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe boundary walls had twenty towers, which during Middle Ages became a property of some aristocratic families.<\/p>\n<p>The only towers that have partially preserved their original appearance are those of the Leper and the Pailleron.<br \/>\nOther towers, such as Balivi Tower, Bramafam Tower and Fromage Tower, were radically transformed.<\/p>\n<p>Discover here the guided tour of the Roman and Medieval town of Aosta<\/p>\n<p>Discover here the guided tour of the <a href=\"\/visite\/aosta-romana-e-medievale\/\">Roman and Medieval town of Aosta<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16800,"template":"","class_list":["post-16799","luoghi_visite","type-luoghi_visite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/luoghi_visite\/16799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/luoghi_visite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/luoghi_visite"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}