Puerta del Castillo del Puente

Today: Porta de Carlos V, Vivero

Place: Vivero
Kind: Gate
Built: c. 1548 to 1600
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The Plateresque gate in the walls of Vivero, begun in 1548 by Pedro Pedroso in honour of Charles I, who had exempted the town from taxes after the fire of 1540; work stopped after a few months and resumed on 24 April 1554. It bears the emperor's bust and the arms of the Kingdom of Galicia and of the town, and is one of the three gates left of the five in the circuit.

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