Puerta Nueva de Bisagra

Toledo


Large portions of the old city walls remain intact and, for many people, the first sight of old Toledo are the imposing turrets of the Puerta Nueva de Bisagra (1550), the city's northern gate, emblazoned with Carlos I's coat of arms.


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