Fortress
Puerta de Elvira
🇪🇸 Spain
The Gate of Elvira (Spanish: Puerta de Elvira) is an arch located in Granada, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1896. It is located at the beginning of Calle Elvira (Elvira Street), on the edge of the Albaicín neighbourhood.
The gate was formerly known as Bāb Ilbīra in Arabic. It was originally part of the 11th-century Zirid walls, but in the 14th century it was rebuilt into a heavily-fortified structure in order to be incorporated into the new Nasrid extension of the walls. Only a part of the gate remains today. A large Muslim cemetery, known as the Ibn Malik Cemetery, formerly existed outside this gate. The present-day Royal Hospital (Hospital Real) stands over a part of this former cemetery.
Text adapted from “Gate of Elvira” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puerta de Elvira ranks #13 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 433 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Puerta de Elvira?
Puerta de Elvira stands in Spain, at 37.18214°, -3.59962°.
How famous is Puerta de Elvira?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #13 of 6,412 worldwide, and #9 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Puerta de Elvira?
Madrasah of Granada, about 1 km away.
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