The Puerta de Bisagra (originally ''Bab al-Saqra'', also called ''Puerta de
Alfonso VI
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'') is a city gate of
Toledo, Spain
Toledo ( , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Toledo and the ''de jure'' seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESC ...
.
The structure was constructed in the 10th century, in the time of the
Moorish Taifa of Toledo
The Taifa of Toledo () was an islamic polity ('' taifa'') located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula in the high middle ages. It was ruled by the Dhulnunids, a Hawwara Berber clan. It emerged after 1018 upon the fracturing of the Caliphate of ...
in Islamic
Al-Andalus
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. 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
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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 webpageOronoz.com: Photos of Puerta de BisagraArchnet.org: "Arrabal Quarter and Puerta Bisagra"Visitclm.com: Castilla-La Mancha, Discover and Feel—Puerta de Bisagra
Gates in Toledo, Spain
Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century
10th century in Al-Andalus
Moorish architecture in Spain
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