Description of the attraction
The Quart Gate is the ancient entrance to the city center. The Quart Gate is a pair of twin towers connected by a stone wall with a gate. This structure was part of the medieval wall that surrounded the city, the function of which was to provide protection for the city during attacks.
The gate and towers were built between 1441 and 1460 in the late Gothic style under the direction of the architect Pere Bonfil, inspired by the Neapolitan fortress of Castel Nuovo he had seen. The architecture of the towers has a lot in common with the tower and the triumphal arch located in Naples. The name of the gate and towers comes from the name of an ancient settlement located in the Valencian Valley - Quart de Poblet, to which a direct road led from the gate.
Huge, massive towers are built of stone and lime. The gates through which the entrance and exit from the city was carried out are made in the form of an arch, above which there used to be an image of a guardian angel, and now the coat of arms of the city. The cylindrical towers have a smooth surface that made it impossible for the enemy to climb them. At the very top of the towers are observation platforms surrounded by powerful jagged peaks.
The towers seem to tell us about the historical events, the participants of which they happened to be. So, on the surfaces of the walls of the towers, there are traces of potholes from the shells with which the French bombed the city during the war of independence 1808-1813.
In 1931, the Quart Gate was declared a National Historic Landmark.
