The Puerta de los Doce Cantos is a
city gate located in the city of
Toledo, in
Castile-La Mancha,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. This is the most modest of all the gates in this city.
Of Arab origin, it is located at the southeastern end of the fortress of Al-Hieén and had to serve to give way to the troops of foot, towards the Plaza de armas de Alcántara square.
It was walled up for centuries, but with the civic renovations in the 1920s it was restored and declared of
bien de interés cultural
A Bien de Interés Cultural is a category of the heritage register in Spain. The term is also used in Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries.
The term literally means a "good of cultural interest" (" goods" in the economic sense) and incl ...
, although part of its Arabic structure had been removed.
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Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Toledo
Gates in Toledo, Spain