Gate of Elvira
Historic site in Granada, Spain
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The Gate of Elvira (Spanish: Puerta de Elvira) is an arch located in Granada, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1896.[citation needed] It is located at the beginning of Calle Elvira (Elvira Street), on the edge of the Albaicín neighbourhood.
The gate was formerly known as Bāb Ilbīra in Arabic.[1] It was originally part of the 11th-century Zirid walls, but in the 14th century it was rebuilt into a heavily-fortified structure in order to be incorporated into the new Nasrid extension of the walls. Only a part of the gate remains today.[2] A large Muslim cemetery, known as the Ibn Malik Cemetery, formerly existed outside this gate. The present-day Royal Hospital (Hospital Real) stands over a part of this former cemetery.[3]
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