Puerta de San Andrés (Segovia)
{{Infobox building
| name = Puerta de San Andrés
| image = Segovia - Puerta de San Andrés 2017-10-22.jpg
| image_caption = View of the Puerta de San Andrés
| alternate_names = Puerta de la Judería
Puerta del Socorro
| status = Intact
| building_type = City gate
| architectural_style =
| location = Segovia, Castile and León, Spain
| coordinates = {{coord|40|56|59.20|N|4|7|37.71|W|display=inline, title}}
| completion_date = {{circa}} 15th century
| material =
| 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.
Description
File:Fundación Joaquín Díaz - Puerta de San Andrés - Segovia.jpg
The gateway has also been known as the Puerta de la Judería or the Puerta del Socorro,{{cite book |last1=Oliver Copons |first1=Eduardo |title=El Alcázar de Segovia: monografía histórica |date=1916 |edition=2002 |publisher=Maxtor |location=Valladolid |isbn=9788495636874 |page=XLIII |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hi4P7dbOHtMC |language=Spanish}} and it is located on the south side of the walls of Segovia.{{cite book |last1=Asenjo González |first1=María |title=Segovia: la ciudad y su tierra a fines del medievo |date=1986 |publisher=Diputación Provincial de Segovia |page=57 |isbn=9788450531121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUdpAAAAMAAJ |language=Spanish}} It has two towers, one square and one polygonal, an arch, a gallery of irregular windows, loopholes, cornices, pyramidal battlements and heraldic shields.{{cite book |last1=Gila y Fidalgo |first1=Félix |title=Guía y plano de Segovia |date=1906 |publisher=Maxtor |isbn=9788497618205 |page=21 |edition=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAXAmIqiPU8C |language=Spanish}} It is located in a strategic position overlooking the {{lang|es|Río Clamores}}. It has been speculated that its construction could have been carried out by the master stonemason Juan Guas.{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Edward |title=Castillos señoriales en la Corona de Castilla |date=1991 |publisher=University of Salamanca |isbn=9788478461127 |volume=1 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fs8xziF4X7sC |language=Spanish}}
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.{{cite book |last1=Cabello y Dodero |first1=Francisco Javier |title=Guía de Segovia |date=1949 |publisher=Junta Provincial del Turismo |location=Segovia |pages=64–67 |url=http://bibliotecadigital.jcyl.es/i18n/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?path=10065776 |language=Spanish}} It was later restored back to its original appearance.{{cite news |last1=López |first1=M. A. |title=Las últimas obras de la Puerta de San Andrés garantizan la conservación del monumento |url=https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/v/20110112/segovia/ultimas-obras-puerta-andres-20110112.html |work=El Norte de Castilla |date=12 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053321/http://www.elnortedecastilla.es/v/20110112/segovia/ultimas-obras-puerta-andres-20110112.html |archivedate=22 February 2017 |location=Segovia |language=Spanish}}
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.{{cite news |title=Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes: Decretos |url=https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1931/155/A01181-01185.pdf |work=Gaceta de Madrid |issue=155 |date=4 June 1931 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722184826/https://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1931/155/A01181-01185.pdf |archivedate=22 July 2018 |page=1184 |language=Spanish |issn=0212-1220}} It is currently classified as a Bien de Interés Cultural.{{cite web |title=Consulta a la base de datos de bienes inmuebles |url=http://www.mcu.es/bienes/cargarFiltroBienesInmuebles.do?layout=bienesInmuebles&cache=init&language=es |editor=Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte}}
References
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External links
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Category:Buildings and structures in Segovia
Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 15th century
Category:Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Segovia