The Arco San Bernardo of Alcalà de Henares !!!

Posted in Madrid, Spain

One of the great architectural and historical cities of my Spain. I have several posts on it but found me ,again, several pictures that need to be in my blog, Of course, this is Alcalà de Henares in the Comunidad de Madrid, Always brings me back memories. Let me tell you about the Arco San Bernardo of Alcalà de Henares !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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In the mid -15C, the uncontrolled development of extramurous settlements made the construction of a second walled enclosure that extended its canvases to the east and the south, which forced the varying the site of some of the gates/doors and building with new ones. This second enclosure would be practically destroyed during the 19C, currently retaining only the canvas that surrounds the Archbishop’s palace, the Puerta de Madrid, the Puerta de Burgos and the Arco de San Bernardo. The Puerta de Burgos was the oldest of the access of the medieval wall that has remained standing. This puerta/door was closed in the 17C by being integrated in the walls of the Convent of San Bernardo (see post). For this reason it was necessary to build a new access, the Arco de San Bernardo, with a simple brick invoice, which still fulfills that function of that of Burgos, which today occupies the enclosure of the Monastery of San Bernardo, also called Bernardas. The works for the building of the convent were carried out between the 1617 and 1618 , and you see San Bernardo, protected by in a niche. This arch communicates the exit of the old town by the Plaza de las Bernardas with the Via Complutense ,and the O’Donell Park.

The Alcalà de Henares tourist office : https://www.turismoalcala.es/

The Centro Virtual Cervantes (Instituto Cervantes) on the Arco de San Bernardo : https://cvc.cervantes.es/artes/ciudades_patrimonio/alcala_henares/paseo/arco.htm

The City of Alcalà de Henares on its history and world heritage site : https://www.ayto-alcaladehenares.es/alcala-de-henares-patrimonio-mundial/

There you go, a wonderful town to walk it all. Alcalà de Henares is to see a lot more, see my posts in my blog. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Arco of San Bernardo of Alcalà de Henares as I.

 And remember, happy travels, good health ,and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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