Gate of Toledo | |
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Native name Spanish: Puerta de Toledo | |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Coordinates | 40°24′24″N 3°42′42″W / 40.406721°N 3.711636°W |
Official name | Puerta de Toledo |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1996 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0009279 |
Location of Gate of Toledo in Madrid |
The Puerta de Toledo ([ˈpweɾta ðe toˈleðo], "Toledo Gate") is a gate located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996. Construction began in 1812, but was not completed until 1827.
It was one of the nineteen city gates within the Walls of Philip IV.
Puerta de Toledo metro station in on Line 5 of the Madrid Metro.[1]
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