Multifunctional architecture of antiquity: city gate integrated into chapel

Puerta Trujillo is located at 35 Calle Trujillo in Placencia, the entrance to the city after crossing the Trujillo Bridge. The gate is as old as the city walls, since King Alfonso VIII of Castile entered the city through it in 1196, expelling the Almohad family of Caliph Abu Yusuf Yakub al-Mansur. In s. In the 13th century, a statue of the Virgin Mary was erected in a niche within the city walls to commemorate the reconquest of the city. In the SS. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the gate evolved into the Maria Church dedicated to Our Lady of Health, associated with miracles in times of epidemics. In the 18th century, it was transformed through a Baroque project that, without eliminating its defensive function, transformed the door into a sanctuary called the Cañón de la Salud, essentially an underground passage beneath the church between the towers. It is connected to the Bishop's Palace by a walkway, like the other doors and walls. #2024TravelReview #SpainTravel #Extremadura