Gates Quart
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Quart Gate is an ancient entrance to the central part of the city. Quart Gate - a pair of twin towers, connected by a stone wall with a gate. This construction was part of the medieval wall surrounding the city, whose function was to protect the city during the attacks.

Gates and towers were built between the years 1441 and 1460 in the late Gothic style by the architect Pere Bonfilya inspired by the vision of his Neapolitan fortress of Castel Nuovo. The architecture of the towers has a lot to do with the Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, located in Naples. The name of the gates and towers comes from the ancient village, located in the Valencia Valley - Quart de Poblet, which led from the gate straight road.

Huge, massive tower built of stone and lime. The gate through which entrance and exit from the city in the form of an arch, over which previously was an image of a guardian angel, and now the emblem of the city. Towers cylindrical shape have a smooth surface, which is to deny the enemy opportunity to climb on them. At the top of the towers located observation platforms, surrounded by the jagged peaks of the powerful.

Towers like tell us about historical events to which they visited. So, on the surfaces of the walls of the towers traces of dents from the shells, which the French bombed the city during the War of Independence, 1808-1813 gg.

In 1931, Gates Quart were declared a national historic monument.

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