Muros y Arcos
The Moorish Iznatoraf was a medina well adapted to the topographical characteristics of the land and strongly walled. However, Fernando III, who did not encounter resistance to his conquest in 1229, granted it the Fuero de Cuenca and repopulated it, respecting the civil architecture and improving the defensive and military structures. The remains of the primitive Puerta de Armas and Puerta de la Virgen del Postigo (composed of a semicircular arch with wooden beams and double brick arches inside) are among the few samples of this Arab architecture that are conserved. From the end of the sixteenth century, communication between the outskirts and the centre was conducted through the Renaissance Puerta del Arrabal, built in line with the wall, with a semicircular stonework arch on imposts on its outer slope, above which is a coat of arms on a cartouche of Bishop Sarmiento de Mendoza. Inside, it has a barrel vault with a niche that houses a relief of the Virgin framed by small pilasters and a cornice. The urban wall of Iznatoraf was declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 1985.