The wall of Pontevedra was a fortification of the city of Pontevedra, which mostly disappeared towards the end of the 19th century, although some remains are preserved today, the largest being the crenellated wall in Arzobispo Malvar street. This complete wall is approximately 40 metres long and can be accessed from the gardens of the two buildings on the west side of Avenida de Santa María.

Nowadays, only a few small samples of what these defence walls were in their time remain: a crenellated wall in Arzobispo Malvar Street and various archaeological remains and vestiges in its old perimeter, such as in front of the Basilica of Santa María la Mayor or in Sierra Street integrated in the Sixth Building of the Museum of Pontevedra.

There are also some parts which form part of later buildings and which have come to light in the course of refurbishment work on the buildings, such as the section next to the old Trabancas gate, incorporated in the refurbishment of the Savoy café.

The walled enclosure was organised around two hills or mounds: those occupied by the Basilica of Santa María La Mayor in the west of the old quarter and by the convent of San Francisco in the east. The masonry wall was 7 metres high and was topped by a row of battlements and a walkway or parapet along its entire length. The rampart was 2 m wide. The wall was punctuated by numerous towers and defences and its perimeter was 2,170 metres long. The best known tower was probably the Torre de la Bastida, located on the site of today's 19th century Town Hall.2 On the outside there was a moat.

The wall had four large gates and seven shutters next to the gates. The four main gates of the city were, first of all, the Gate of Santa María: it was located next to the Basilica of Santa María. Another of the gates was the Santo Domingo Gate: It was very close to the Dominican convent, now the ruins of Santo Domingo. On the other hand, the Puerta de Trabancas (Trabancas Gate) stands out: It linked the Plaza de la Herrería with the Plaza de la Peregrinuerta de Rocheforte: It opened onto the Calle de Santa Clara, where the Gothic convent of the Poor Clares is located. It communicated with the road to Castile.

Two other gates were added to these (the Galera gate and the Ribeiro gate), the bridge gate, next to the Burgo bridge and the Baron's gate, near the current Parador de Turismo.

The defensive complex was completed with fortified towers along its perimeter. These were the Archbishop's Towers,
the Torre del Oro (Gold Tower) and the Torre Bastida (Bastide Tower).

The reconstruction of the main gates of the wall of Pontevedra is recreated during the Feira Franca, a medieval festival held every year on the first weekend of September and which commemorates the tax-free sale during a Feria Franca granted to the city by King Henry IV in the 15th century.

The functions of the wall were diverse: protection against enemies, but also against epidemics by not allowing infected people to pass through the gates. It also had a moral function, such as that of ensuring that the women of the party exercised their activity outside the intramural enclosure: in Pontevedra it was located on the site which, in time, would be used to build the sanctuary of the Pilgrim's Pilgrim.

However, the most important function of the wall was to protect the transit of goods, the basis of taxation: the two basic products of the Pontevedra economy, Ribeiro de Avia wine and the autumn sardines captured by the fences, had to be subject to immovable itineraries.

In the mid-19th century, by agreement of the city council, it was decided to demolish it to allow the expansion of the city and to follow the example of other European cities, as the wall was considered an anachronism and the new trends of demolition of medieval walls gave an air of modernity to the new trends in the conception of urban planning. The demolition work was carried out between 1848 and 1886. The demolition of the wall began with the Trabancas gate, followed by the Santa María gate in 1852 and the Galera gate. Subsequently, the Santo Domingo gate was dismantled in 1854, which was sold to the Treasury and placed on the façade of the Old Convent of San Francisco. The Bastida Tower, the Gold Tower and the fortifications of the Burgo Bridge were also demolished, as well as the Archbishop's Towers, which had been in ruins since the English attack of Homobod in 1719 and were finally demolished in 1873.