The hanging houses · Frías

The complex is made up of 22 five-story hanging houses, located at the top of the Cerro de la Muela, under a tuff cliff. Built between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, at the time of expansion of the city thanks to the privileges of Alfonso VIII, these houses take advantage of the rocky cut, forming an extension of the wall that defended the city to the north. Its narrow houses, joined together, create steep medieval streets. The southern wall, dating from the 13th century, had three gates: Medina, Postigo and the now disappeared Cadena. The promenade connected the houses so that the soldiers could protect the city from the inside.