The Historian · Martín · Madrid
Cava Baja & the old walls
People crawl Cava Baja for tapas without knowing they're walking the old moat. The street's very curve is a fossil of the medieval wall.
Madrid's famous tavern street follows the line of the medieval moat outside the city wall — 'cava' means ditch. The curve of the street is the shape of the vanished defences.
— Martín, The Historian
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