Gate · Alcalá de Henares
Puerta de Madrid
Today: Puerta de Madrid, Alcalá de Henares
- Place
- Alcalá de Henares
- Kind
- Gate
- Built
- 1788
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Visible from outside
The Neoclassical gate paid for by Cardinal Lorenzana, archbishop of Toledo, in the reign of Carlos III, built under Antonio Juana Jordán and opened on 4 December 1788. It replaced one of the medieval gates in the town wall. It is held to be the last work of Alcalá's golden age.
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