Puerta de Elvira

A SILK ROAD ECHO

Part of the walls of Granada, it was named after the Medina Elvira Road. What remains dates from the 11th century. It was at one time the main entry gate for Granada. At one point, all silk had to pas...

Cultural heritage of Andalusia. XI century.

The name of the gate similar to the female name comes from Bab-Ilvira, the name of the city in the Arab Andalusia to which the road passing through this gate led. Unfortunately, this is all that remai...

A city Gate

Puerta de Elvira is a city Gate, part of the old fortifications of the city. This is just some remains and there is really not a great deal to see. However it is historically, as well as culturally s...

Bab-ilvira

Original Text

It was the fortress door of the north access, and the most important of the capital of the Islamic Kingdom of Granada ....y is due to its name as it connected the primitive capital of Medina Elvira until the beginning ...

Mil años en pie

Es una de las puertas más antiguas de cuantas se conservan hoy en día en Granada de sus antiguas murallas. Fue construida a principio del milenio pasado y desde entonces ha sufrido diferentes remodela...