Hello everyone, we are Lidia Fernandez Garcia and Laura Porto Valero, we are going to talk to you about the Roman doors of the city of Lugo. PUERTA DE SANTIAGO The Santiago Gate already existed in Roman times and has been completely modified. It has been known since the 12th century as the Puerta del Posticu, Porticu, and Postigo. All these names are related to the existence of a smaller gate framed within a larger. It was a private gate, belonging to the Church, and was used until 1589 by the canons and their servants to access the orchards. This gate was the only one left open during times of plague. Enlarged in 1759 by Bishop Izquierdo y Tavira to facilitate the entry of carriages, it is formed by arches and walls of granite ashlars. The flanking towers have stone seats on their interior side, on the parapet, for the rest of passersby. During this renovation, it was decorated on the inside as it was considered an exit gate. It has a small shrine where an image of Santiago Matamoros was placed, and at the bottom, the coat of arms of Bishop Izquierdo. When entering the historic area through this gate, the traveler encounters the majestic Cathedral of Santa María. After visiting it, they can start the walk along the wall's parapet through the slope that leads to it, the only access suitable for people with reduced mobility. PUERTA DE OBISPO AGUIRRE It is the fourth gate opened in the 19th century (year 1894). Its opening was to facilitate communication with the new seminary, built by order of Bishop Aguirre, and with the old cemetery. When the gate was opened, two towers of the Wall were demolished, and Roman tombstones appeared. Located on a slope, it measures 10 meters wide, the height to the keystone is 8.15 meters, and to the parapet, 9 meters. Upon crossing it, we will see small doors leading to two rooms that served as customs offices and a commemorative plaque of the bishop who built the Seminary. PUERTA DO CAMPO CASTELO On the occasion of the inauguration of the new prison in 1887, it became necessary to open this new gate to facilitate the changing of the guard and access to the courthouse. Also known as the Prison Gate, it was the third gate opened during the 19th century. It measures 4.32 meters wide, the height to the keystone is 7.15 meters, and to the parapet, 8.10 meters. This gate replaced access stairs, which influenced its dimensions. These stairs (likely Roman) and the tower in which they were housed had to be demolished, along with a very small part of the Reducto Cristina. For its construction, the stone from the demolition was utilized, and the surplus was used in the construction of sewers on the outskirts of the San Fernando Gate and to fill the level difference between the outer round of the Wall and what is now Campo Castelo square. Crossing the gate, we find Campo Castelo square, where there are stairs leading up to the Wall. PUERTA FALSA This is one of the ancient Roman gates of the Wall, although heavily modified. It corresponds to the type of gates that the Romans called posterulae, exclusively for military use, which opened asymmetrically in the stretch between two towers. The exit was a trench excavated in the ground. Probably closed during the Middle Ages, it was opened in the 17th century when the Hospital of San Bertomeu was installed in the current Ferrol square, previously located in the main square. Through this gate, messengers entered and exited (for many years it was the closest to the road to A Coruña, home to the Captaincy General and the Audiencia). In the 20th century, it was closed to traffic and equipped with access via stairs. Located on a slope, it is 3.45 meters wide, the height to the keystone is 5.65 meters, and to the parapet, 11.50 meters. Upon crossing the gate, on the left, we will find stairs that allow us to climb up to the Wall.