The walls are assessed as one of the most important surviving medieval city walls in Britain. They were built in the 13th ...

A large number of the monuments (including four Romanesque churches and the town walls) were seriously damaged by the 1979 earthquake but the town has been restored, largely with UNESCO's help.

Not only was it used as a port for trade ... was built as part of Edward I's plan for the new town. There are also medieval stone-vaulted wine cellars that remain, and New Gate, which was once ...