Gate · Runda

Puerta de al-Maqābir

Today: Puerta del Almocábar, Ronda

Place: Runda (Ronda)
Kind: Gate
Built: 13th century
What remains: Standing

A 13th-century gate on the south side of the town, with three successive doorways and two semicircular towers; its name comes from the Arabic al-maqābir, after the Muslim cemetery nearby. The Castilian troops gathered in front of it on 20 May 1485, when Andalusi rule over Ronda ended. It was remodelled under Charles V.

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