Puerta de Bisagra Nueva

The Puerta de Bisagra Nueva ("The New Bisagra Gate") is the best known city gate of Toledo, Spain.

View from the outside of the city.

The gate is of Moorish origin, but the main part was built in 1559 by Alonso de Covarrubias.[1] It carries the coat of arms of the emperor Charles V. It superseded the Puerta Bisagra Antigua as the main entrance to the city.

  • Coat of arms of emperor Charles V
    Coat of arms of emperor Charles V
  • View from the inside of the city
    View from the inside of the city
  • Overview
    Overview

See also

References
  1. Harold Osborne, The Oxford Companion to Art, Clarendon Press, 1970

39.8625°N 4.0252°W / 39.8625; -4.0252


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