Puerta Del Sol Toledo
by Joan Carroll
Title
Puerta Del Sol Toledo
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
If you ride a bus or take a taxi from the train station to the center of Toledo, you will ride right by the Puerta del Sol but not get a chance to appreciate it. If you walk (up up up the hill), you get all the time you'd like to enjoy the architecture and take some photos. The hill also gives a great view of the surrounding countryside and also the Bisagra Gate. Puerta del Sol is a city gate of Toledo, Spain, built in the late 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller, one of the most famous of the Western Christian military orders during the Middle Ages. The medallion above the arch of the gate depicts the ordination of the Visigothic Ildephonsus, Toledo's patron saint. The name of the gate comes from the sun and the moon that were once painted on either side of this medallion. The Puerta del Sol was once the principal gateway into the ancient walled city of Toledo. It leads directly to the Puerta de Bisagra and the Cristo de la Luz Mosque. It was originally built at the end of the 10th or the beginning of the 11th centuries but most of what we see today dates from the 14th. It is made up of various connected Moorish-style archways in stone and brick. It was previously known as the gateway of Herrer�a and San Ildefonso and takes its current name from the 18th century depiction of the sun and the moon in the center of a triangular shield on the first arch.
FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Featured Images group, 4/8/14
FEATURED PHOTO, Artist News group, 4/4/14
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March 31st, 2014
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