Fortress · mid-14th c.-c.1370
Fernandine Walls (Guindais section)
Muralha Fernandina
By about 1370 the new wall is almost complete; it is named after King Fernando, who finishes it.
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Porto's new wall c.1370
By about 1370 the new wall is almost complete; it is named after King Fernando, who finishes it.
Saved as a monument 1926
The surviving sections of the wall are classified national monuments.
Burghers want protection mid-14th c.
Merchants whose houses lie outside the old wall push for a larger walled city.