Product Details
- Brand: Aedes Ars
- Age Range (Description): Adult
- Theme: Western
- Cartoon Character: Alfonso
- Item dimensions L x W x H: 14.57 x 2.76 x 10.24 inches
- Brand: Aedes Ars
- Age Range (Description): Adult
- Theme: Western
- Cartoon Character: Alfonso
- Item dimensions L x W x H: 14.57 x 2.76 x 10.24 inches
- Material: Ceramic
- Seasons: All Seasons
- Item Weight: 3.6 Kilograms
- Number of Pieces: 1
- Style: Circular
- Global Trade Identification Number: 27
- Manufacturer: Aedes Ars
- Product Dimensions: 14.57 x 2.76 x 10.24 inches
- Item Weight: 7.92 pounds
- Country of Origin: Spain
- Item model number: Aedes_1002
- Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
- Bisagra New Gate Reproduction Kit
- Made from real ceramic pieces which simulate stone.
- Includes all the necessary materials to build a high quality model.
- Approximate number of pieces: 7000. Assembled Size: 13" X 16.9" X 11.8". Scale: 1/220
- Located in Toledo - Spain. Built in the XV century.
The monument and its history: The Puerta Nueva de Bisagra (new gate) is in the
province of Toledo, in Spain. Called the Puerta Nueva (new), to differentiate
it from its homonym, 'la Vieja' (old), they are both of Arab origin, although
in the Nueva the only Arab remnant lies in the name of Bisagra, or 'Bib-Shala'
or 'Puerta de la CampiÐa' (countryside gateway) and some remains of horseshoe
arches in the interior. Its exterior faade stands between two circular towers
with the upper part in dressed ashlar work. The entrance archway, also in
dressed stone, opens in the centre. Above it the imperial coat of arms of the
city stands out, crowned by a pediment. Behind the exterior faade is a
courtyard and another interior building with square towers, windows and spires
with polychrome tiling. Its history is not very well known until its
restoration in the mid-16th century, in 1550. There is evidence of it being
awarded by Alfonso VIII of Castile to the nearby church of Santiago del
Arrabal in the 12th century. The remodelling of the set of buildings was due
to the need to improve the route between the city and the newly built hospital
of San Juan Bautista, also called the hospital of Cardenal Tavera. It was the
Toledo architect Alonso de Covarrubias who led the remodelling works, these
being extended until the mid-16th century, by then under the reign of Felipe
II and the direction of the architect Juan Bautista Monegro, although the real
architect and artist behind the remodelling was Covarrubias.
