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Avila  Avila's city walls were built in the 11th century, to the design of an Italian engineer, Cassandro. It took some 2000 men 10 years to complete the granite walls and supporting towers. The walled town was well-protected, being surrounded on three sides by mountains. | Capital of Avila province, central Spain, situated 1,100 m/3,609 ft above sea level 90 km/56 mi northwest of Madrid, and enclosed on three sides by mountains; population (2001) 49,700. It has a Gothic cathedral and the convent and church of St Teresa, who was born here. The medieval town walls are among the best preserved in Europe. |
Avila The city walls of San Segundo, Avila, Spain, built by Moorish prisoners for King Alfonso VI between 1090 and 1099. The Moors, Muslim invaders, entered Spain from North Africa in 711, conquering much of it, and it was not until 1492 that they were finally driven out. | Province of west-central Spain in southern Castilla-León autonomous community; area 8,047 sq km/3,107 sq mi; population (1995 est) 176,800. It is mountainous region with fertile valleys; cattle are raised here, and timber, cereals, olives, and chestnuts are produced. The capital is Avila. |
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| Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve. The names which Athelny mentioned, Avila, Tarragona, Saragossa, Segovia, Cordova, were like trumpets in his heart. " Called away by this noise and outcry, they proceeded no farther with the scrutiny of the remaining books, and so it is thought that "The Carolea," "The Lion of Spain," and "The Deeds of the Emperor," written by Don Luis de Avila, went to the fire unseen and unheard; for no doubt they were among those that remained, and perhaps if the curate had seen them they would not have undergone so severe a sentence. |
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