{"id":3062,"date":"2024-04-15T13:06:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w.turismehostalric.cat\/punts-interes\/the-friars-tower\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:52:35","slug":"the-friars-tower","status":"publish","type":"punts-interes","link":"https:\/\/www.turismehostalric.cat\/en\/punts-interes\/the-friars-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friars Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3062\" class=\"elementor elementor-3062 elementor-1390\" data-elementor-post-type=\"punts-interes\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088f011 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"088f011\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712fc64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"712fc64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Frares<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Tower<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tallest<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">medieval<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">towers<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">former<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Crown<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Aragon.<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">built<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">around<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">1306<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stands<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">33<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">metres<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tall.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">structure<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">rests<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">directly<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">rock,<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">base<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wider<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">than<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">upper<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wall.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">uppermost<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">section<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">collapsed,<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">only<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">surviving<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">elements<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">its<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">original<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">crown<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">are<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">corbels<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">supported<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">defensive<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">structure<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">upper<\/span> <span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">parapet.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":1392,"template":"","categoria-punt-dinteres":[30],"class_list":["post-3062","punts-interes","type-punts-interes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-punt-dinteres-la-muralla"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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