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Torres De Serranos
The Serrans Gate or Serranos Gate ( ca-valencia, Porta dels Serrans, ; es, Puerta de Serranos, ), also known as Serrans Towers or Serranos Towers ( ca-valencia, Torres dels Serrans, ; es, Torres de Serranos, ) is one of the twelve gates that formed part of the ancient city wall, the Christian Wall (''Muralla cristiana''), of the city of Valencia, Spain. It was built in Valencian Gothic style at the end of the 14th century (between 1392 and 1398). Its name is probably due to its location in the northeast of the old city centre, making it the entry point for the royal road (''camí ral'') connecting Valencia with the ''comarca'' or district of ''Els Serrans'' (along the road going northwest towards the mountains around Teruel and eventually leading to Saragossa) as well as the entry point for the royal road to Barcelona, or because the majority of settlers near there in the time of James I of Aragon were from the area around Teruel, whose inhabitants were often called ''serrans' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerta De Los Serranos, Valencia, España, 2014-06-30, DD 86
The gates of Intramuros refer to the original eight gates of the Walled City of Intramuros in Manila, built during the History of the Philippines (1521-1898), Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. The gates are called by the original Spanish word for "gate", ''puerta'' (plural: ''puertas''). Gates facing the west Puerta de Banderas This gate was built in 1662 as the Governor-General of the Philippines, governor-general's gate when the first governor's palace was still located in Fort Santiago. It was destroyed during an earthquake and was never rebuilt. Puerta de Postigo ''Postigo'' means "postern" or a small gate in Spanish. This gate was named after the nearby Palacio del Gobernador. The first ''postigo'' was built several meters away but was walled up in 1662 when the present gate was constructed. The gate was then renovated in 1782 under the direction of military engineer Tomás Sanz. The gate led to the palaces of the governor-general and archbishop of Manila. The nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
