Fortress
Puerta de Santa Ana, Melilla
🇪🇸 Spain
The Puerta de Santa Ana is a fortified gate located in the Spanish city of Melilla. It forms part of the Muralla de las Puertas, one of the defensive stretches that articulate the city's walled system, and constitutes a link between the historic enclosure of Melilla la Vieja and the so-called First Fortified Enclosure. It stands between the Plaza de la Avanzadilla and the chapel of Santiago, within the protected area of the historic-artistic complex of the city of Melilla, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural.
Machine-translated from “Puerta de Santa Ana” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puerta de Santa Ana, Melilla ranks #7,313 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #473 of the 602 mapped in Spain. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Puerta de Santa Ana, Melilla?
Puerta de Santa Ana, Melilla stands in Spain, at 35.2937°, -2.93453°.
How famous is Puerta de Santa Ana, Melilla?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,313 of 8,134 worldwide, and #473 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 Santa Ana, Melilla?
Puerta de Santiago, Melilla, about 1 km away.
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