Puerta de Santiago - Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura, España
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N 39° 27.651 W 005° 52.985
30S E 251956 N 4371887
Monumento del S. XIII-XV / Estilo Gótico
Waymark Code: WM1C10X
Location: Extremadura, Spain
Date Posted: 05/13/2025
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"Se encuentra entre el palacio de Luis de Chaves y la iglesia de Santiago. Presenta arco de medio punto, tienen almenas y está flanqueada por las dos torres de la muralla citadas en las que se abren aspilleras, que la confieren un marcado carácter defensivo. En la torre de la iglesia de Santiago estaban las campanas quedaban el toque de queda, desde el atardecer hasta el amanecer del día siguiente, cuando se cerraban y abrió las puertas de la muralla por las que se accedía a la Villa.
La inscripción está intramuros sobre la Puerta de Santiago que también se conoció como la Puerta del Sol, do partían los caminos de Toledo, Oretum (Calatrava) y Córdoba. Comunica el recinto con la Plaza del Arrabal que a partir del siglo XVI será el centro neurálgico de la ciudad. Por ella entraban los peregrino que caminaban a Compostela desde el Sur y a su vera intramuros está el templo de la antigua parroquia de Santiago. Una imagen del Santo tallada en piedra había en la hornacina del arco al exterior junto a las armas de los Altamirano.
Esta puerta fue reparada cuando llegó a Trujillo desde Sevilla el rey Alfonso XI con Juan Alfonso de la su Cámara, al que concede el señorío de Orellana la vieja".
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"It is located between the palace of Luis de Chaves and the Church of Santiago. It has a semicircular arch, battlements, and is flanked by the two towers of the aforementioned wall, each with loopholes, giving it a distinctly defensive character. The bells in the tower of the Church of Santiago were kept ringing for the curfew, from dusk until dawn the following day, when they were closed and the gates in the wall through which the town was entered were opened.
The inscription is located within the walls above the Puerta de Santiago, also known as the Puerta del Sol, where the roads to Toledo, Oretum (Calatrava), and Córdoba began. It connects the enclosure with the Plaza del Arrabal, which from the 16th century onwards would become the nerve center of the city. Pilgrims walking to Compostela from the south entered through it, and at its edge within the walls is the church of the former parish of Santiago. A stone image of the Saint was carved in the niche of the arch on the outside, next to the to the Altamirano family's coat of arms.
This gate was repaired when King Alfonso XI arrived in Trujillo from Seville with Juan Alfonso de la Casa, to whom he granted the lordship of Old Orellana.
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