Spain · 15th century
Portal de Graells ranks #8,052 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #456 of the 606 mapped in Spain. Founded 1420, it is older than 49% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Barcelona, 72 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
The Portal de Graells, or Gate of Santa María, is one of the access gates that existed in the wall surrounding the town of Cardona.
Of the four that were built (the Portal de Graells, the Gate of Barcelona or Gate of Our Lady of Mercy, the Gate of San Miguel or Gate of Capdevila, and the Gate of Flug or Gate of Fortesa or of San Roque), the Portal de Graells is the only one still standing.
Machine-translated from “Puerta de Graells” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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