Puerta de San Andrés | |
Alternate Names: | Puerta de la Judería Puerta del Socorro |
Status: | Intact |
Building Type: | City gate |
Location: | Segovia, Castile and León, Spain |
Coordinates: | 40.9498°N -4.1271°W |
Completion Date: | 15th century |
Architect: | Juan Guas (possibly) |
The Puerta de San Andrés (Spanish for "Gate of Saint Andrew") is a city gate in Segovia, Castile and León, Spain, forming part of the city's medieval fortifications. It is listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural.
The gateway has also been known as the Puerta de la Judería or the Puerta del Socorro,[1] and it is located on the south side of the walls of Segovia.[2] It has two towers, one square and one polygonal, an arch, a gallery of irregular windows, loopholes, cornices, pyramidal battlements and heraldic shields.[3] It is located in a strategic position overlooking the Spanish; Castilian: Río Clamores.[3] It has been speculated that its construction could have been carried out by the master stonemason Juan Guas.[4]
By the end of the 19th century, the polygonal wall tower had deteriorated and part of it had collapsed, and it was still in ruins as of 1947.[5] It was later restored back to its original appearance.[6]
On 3 June 1931 it was declared a Monumento Histórico-Artístico, through a decree published in the Gaceta de Madrid signed by the President of the Provisional Government of the Second Spanish Republic, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, and the Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, Marcelino Domingo.[7] It is currently classified as a Bien de Interés Cultural.[8]