Recinto Amurallado de la Villa de Adra

The Walled Enclosure of the Town of Adra was commissioned by Queen Juana in 1505, although it took several decades to be completed. It was part of the control and defence policy of the coast of the Kingdom of Granada led by the Catholic Monarchs.

Its function was to defend the coast, the new Christian frontier, after the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada, and it was populated by bringing people from inland to the coast and encouraging old Christians to settle there with a series of tax privileges.

During the 16th and 17th centuries Adra was subject to piracy from Turks and Berbers, and resisted several attacks and sacks thanks to the protection of these walls.

The Wall was declared a Place of Cultural Interest in the Monument category, and was restored by the Cultural Department of the Regional Government of Andalusia in 2008.