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The Puerta de San Fernando was a gate of the walled enclosure of
"Puertas y Murallas", Sevilla Misterios y Leyendas
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The Puerta de San Fernando was a gate of the walled enclosure of Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
, Spain.
It was in the mouth of the straight and spacious street of the same name, at the height of the former Royal Tobacco Factory, now University of Seville
The University of Seville (''Universidad de Sevilla'') is a university in Seville, Spain. Founded under the name of ''Colegio Santa María de Jesús'' in 1505, it has a present student body of over 69.200, and is one of the top-ranked universi ...
. Also known as Puerta Nueva and no wonder since it was built in the middle of the 18th century, specifically in 1760.
Description
Draws the attention the monumentality of the gate, escorted in turn by the two crenellated towers that made faithful squires in its past defensive duties. This gate had its two fronts unequal in architecture, as belongingDoric Doric may refer to:
* Doric, of or relating to the Dorians of ancient Greece
** Doric Greek, the dialects of the Dorians
* Doric order, a style of ancient Greek architecture
* Doric mode, a synonym of Dorian mode
* Doric dialect (Scotland)
* Doric ...
to the outside and Ionic on the inside. In each of those appeared four columns on pedestals, two on each side of the arch, which had of light 4'18 m. and 7.52 m. in front of the high and solid lateral towers./ref>
Demolition
This gate had a short life, one century. In City Hall of September 9, 1864 it was decided to demolish this gate, but having emerged some difficulties by Mr. Administrator of the Royal Heritage defending the ownership of this monument, as belonging to the Royal House, being saved in those days of suffering fate reserved for other Sevillan gates, although the revolutionary pickaxe turned into rubble after auctioned, along with that of Osario and Carmona in 1868.See also
*Walls of Seville
The Walls of Seville (Spanish: ''Murallas de Sevilla'') are a series of defensive walls surrounding the Old Town of Seville. The city has been surrounded by walls since the Roman period, and they were maintained and modified throughout the subse ...
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