It is perhaps the most representative monument of the city. It consists of a door facing the Puente de Palmas, flanked by two solid cylindrical towers crowned with battlements, and surrounded at the top and at the base by decorative cords.

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A symbol of the history of the city of Badajoz, the Puerta de Palmas used to be the New Access Gate that formed part of the defensive wall of the city of Badajoz. Its construction finished in the year 1551.

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