The Puerta de Bisagra Nueva ("The New Bisagra Gate") is the best known city gate of Toledo, Spain.
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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the main part was built in 1559 by Alonso de Covarrubias.[1] It carries the coat of arms of the emperor Charles V. It superseded the Puerta Bisagra Antigua as the main entrance to the city.
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Coat of arms of emperor Charles V
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View from the inside of the city
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Overview
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edit- ^ Harold Osborne, The Oxford Companion to Art, Clarendon Press, 1970
39°51′45″N 4°01′31″W / 39.8625°N 4.0252°W