Arco de Mazarelos - Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, España
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N 42° 52.681 W 008° 32.538
29T E 537380 N 4747370
The Mazarelos Arch, also known as Puerta de Mazarelos, is one of the gates that gave access to the city of Santiago de Compostela in the Middle and Modern Ages, when the city was defended by a wall.
Waymark Code: WM1961T
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 12/03/2023
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ES: "La expedición militar de Almanzor sobre Santiago en el año 997 lleva al obispo Cresconio (1037-1066) a reconstruir el sistema defensivo creado por Sisnando II (+ 968). Sobre el segundo anillo defensivo (profundos fosos y empalizadas) que rodeaba el núcleo urbano (el primero protegía el locus Sancti Iacobi), edifica otra muralla con torreones de planta cuadrada y ronda interior. Durante los ss. XVI y XVII se realizan importantes reparaciones y reformas en el sistema defensivo. El arco de Mazarelos sería una de las puertas que daban acceso a la ciudad. Existían además otros seis puntos de entrada de los que sólo se conservan sus nombres: Porta da Pena, do Camiño (entrada del Camino Francés), da Mámoa, Porta Faxeira, da Trinidade o de A Mahía, y la Porta de Sofrades. La puerta de arco de medio punto peraltado tiene adosada en el lateral sur una edificación que conserva los basamentos del torreón defensivo que flanqueaba la puerta. Ambas arquitecturas están construidas en sillería de granito."
EN: "Almansur´s military expedition against Santiago in the year 997 led Bishop Cresconio (1037-1066) to rebuild the defence system created by Sisnando II (+ 968). Around the second defensive ring (deep moats and palisades) that surrounded the town (the first protected the locus Sancti Iacobi), he built another rampart with square towers and an interior walkway. In the 16th and 17th centuries, major repair and modification work was carried out on the defensive system. The Mazarelos Arch would have been one of the gateways that led into the city. There were also six other entry points of which only their names remain: Porta da Pena, Porta do Camiño (entrance from the French Way), Porta da Mámoa, Porta Faxeira, Porta da Trinidade or de A Mahía, and Porta de Sofrades. The stilted semi-circular arch has a building adjoining the south side, which conserves the foundations of the watch tower that flanked the gateway. Both structures are built in granite masonry."
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