In the eastern wall of Torreparedones, built around the year 600 BC, an important reform was carried out during the Roman Republican period, consisting of replacing one of its primitive doors with another larger one, flanked by two large towers.

In 1990, a partial excavation was carried out, and in 2006 it was fully documented.

After these studies it was possible to verify that this was formed at a time much later than the erection of the fortified enclosure of the city, in Roman Republican times, perhaps, in the context of the Roman civil war that pitted Caesar against the sons of Pompey.

To carry out this important renovation, tons of stone and earth had to be extracted to embed the two towers and open the corresponding passage between them.

The towers were built with a large polygonal rig, with pillow-shaped blocks, loosely squared, laid dry, with gravel and stone slabs to ensure their fit. Inside there is a cross-shaped wall that forms four rectangular spaces filled with earth and rubble.

The discovery of doorknobs in the outermost area of ​​the towers indicates that the door was composed of two 1.5 m wooden leaves. each one wide, so a height of about 4 m can be assumed.

For its part, about 14 m. Towards the interior, the presence of a storm door with its corresponding hinges has been documented.

The entrance passage between the two towers was conditioned for road traffic and had two sidewalks that allowed pedestrians to pass without being disturbed by carriages and horses. Here began the maximum decumanus that crossed the city and next to which various structures of a domestic nature and different periods have been excavated.

Towards the interior there is also a circular structure about 5 meters deep, like a Pit , whose functionality is unknown, and a child’s tomb from the late Roman period.