Puerta de Toledo

Gate of Toledo
Native name
Spanish: Puerta de Toledo
Location Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°24′24″N 3°42′42″W / 40.406721°N 3.711636°W / 40.406721; -3.711636Coordinates: 40°24′24″N 3°42′42″W / 40.406721°N 3.711636°W / 40.406721; -3.711636
Official name: Puerta de Toledo
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1996
Reference no. RI-51-0009279
Location of Gate of Toledo in Spain

The Puerta de Toledo is a gate located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996. Construction began in 1812, and was not completed till 1827.

It was one of the nineteen city gates that had the Walls of Philip IV.

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