Puerta de Bisagra
The Puerta de Bisagra (originally Bab al-Saqra, also called Puerta de Alfonso VI) is a city gate of Toledo, Spain.
Puerta de Bisagra Antigua.
The structure was constructed in the 10th century, in the time of the Moorish Taifa of Toledo in Islamic Al-Andalus. It is also called 'Bisagra Antigua' to distinguish it from the Puerta de Bisagra Nueva which was built in 1559. The gate was the main entrance to the city and dates from the Moorish period.
See also
- Moorish architecture in Spain
References
- Clara Delgado Valero, Regreso a tulaytula: Guía del Toledo islámico: siglos VIII-XI, ed. Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1999, p. 133-4
External links
- Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF): Puerta de Bisagra webpage
- Oronoz.com: Photos of Puerta de Bisagra
- Archnet.org: "Arrabal Quarter and Puerta Bisagra"
- Visitclm.com: Castilla-La Mancha, Discover and Feel—Puerta de Bisagra
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