Puerta del Colodro, Medieval gate in northern Córdoba, Spain.
The Puerta del Colodro was a gate in the northern stretch of Córdoba's Axerquía wall. Demolished in 1882, its remains were uncovered in 2009 during renovation of the Plaza del Colodro and partly integrated into the square, where the gate and adjoining wall sections can be seen.
The gate was built after the Christian conquest of Córdoba, in the northern stretch of the Axerquía wall. It was rebuilt several times and was opened or closed whenever an epidemic struck the city. It was demolished in 1882; in 2009, during renovation of the Plaza del Colodro, its remains and part of the adjoining walls were found and later integrated into the square.
The name comes from Álvaro Colodro, a native of Cobeña who spoke Arabic. On 24 January 1236 he scaled the wall at the spot where the gate was later built, surprised the sentinels and threw them into the field, setting off the Christian conquest of Córdoba.
The gate no longer stands: its remains, uncovered in 2009 during works on the Plaza del Colodro, are set into that square in Córdoba's Axerquía, north of the historic centre. Visitors can see the gate and stretches of the adjoining wall in the open plaza.
The gate was demolished in 1882, so nothing of it stood above ground for over a century. Its remains, with part of the adjoining Axerquía wall, were only found in 2009 during renovation work on the Plaza del Colodro and were then built into the new square.
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