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The Puerta del Sol contains a number of well known sights both domestically and internationally associated with Spain. On the south side, the old Post Office was the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior and State Security in Francoist Spain. The basement of the DGS (Spanish: Dirección General de Seguridad, lit.
The Puerta de Europa is the second tallest twin towers in Spain after the Torres de Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The Gate of Europe towers were designed by the American architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee , built by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas [ 1 ] and commissioned by the Kuwait Investment Office (hence their initial ...
Puerta Bab al-Mardum (Puerta de Valmardón). The Puerta Bab al-Mardum, or Puerta de Valmardón, is a city gate of Toledo, Spain. It was built in the 10th century and is one of the oldest gates in the city. Its name 'mardum' is Arabic for 'blocked up'. Perhaps because its function was taken over by the Puerta del Sol. The Spanish name Valmardón ...
The Puerta de Bisagra Nueva ("The New Bisagra Gate") is the best known city gate of Toledo, Spain. 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 [1] It carries the coat of arms of the emperor Charles V. It superseded the Puerta Bisagra Antigua as the main entrance to the city.
The walls have an average width of 3 metres (9.8 ft) and an average height of 12 metres (39 ft). The nine gates were completed over several different periods. The Puerta de San Vicente (Gate of St Vincent) and the Puerta del Alcazar (Gate of the
Puerta de Bisagra Antigua. The Puerta de Bisagra (originally Bab al-Saqra, also called Puerta de Alfonso VI) is a city gate of Toledo, Spain. 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 ...
The Puerta de San Vicente is a monumental gate located in the Glorieta de San Vicente in Madrid . [1] Since 1995, it has occupied the space where the original door, designed by architect Francesco Sabatini , was located between 1775 and 1892.
The Puerta de Toledo ([ˈpweɾta ðe toˈleðo], "Toledo Gate") is a gate located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996. [citation needed] Construction began in 1812, but was not completed until 1827. It was one of the nineteen city gates within the Walls of Philip IV.