This is one of the gates in the wall that gives access to the town of Belmonte. In addition to the Almudí, it was known by other names: Puerta del Rollo or Cristo de los Ausentes.
The name Puerta de Almudí comes from being next to the Pósito, a stone house attached to the door that was the place used to collect grains, mainly wheat, in order to lend them to farmers and neighbors during the months of less abundance. .
The term Almudí refers to the public house intended for the purchase and sale of wheat, as well as for other grains, foodstuffs or merchandise, which were stored inside, or warehouse, with the purpose that you do not accrue taxes while they would not be sold.
The name of the Roll is due to the fact that in front of it was the stone roll or column that served as an insignia of jurisdiction and that, in many other cases, also served as a pillory to execute the prisoners.
The name Puerta del Cristo de los Ausentes is due to the fact that it houses a bronze image of this Christ, the work of the Cuenca sculptor José Antonio Lafuente Roldán, in 1967.

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Location: Belmonte, Mancha Baja, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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