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At the gate of the Martyrs square is the Fountain of the Four Pipes .
Here the door of Guadalajara, one of the most important medieval walled doors , which was expanded to the East in the second half of the fourteenth century arose . So called because through it is accessed by way of Guadalajara, was framed by a large defensive tower of blocks of stone and brick with battlements and turrets . Tradition dictated that the first time that the archbishops of Toledo and masters Alcala visited the city , should make his entrance through this door. In 1568 he began renamed Martyrs , and that she entered the relics of Saints Justo and Pastor , patrons of Alcalá .
As so , the door was demolished in the mid nineteenth century in order to expand access to the city from the road or trail of Aragon. In the 50s began to place popularly known as Cuatro Canos , name taken from a source theretransferred and you can see a replica today. Across the street is Bookcases went directly into the city center, Market Square or Cervantes.
From the sixteenth century began to be erected in the street Bookcases numerous colleges , which were responsible for paying the face that still preserves . It received its name from the printing and bookselling establishments residing therein . In one of these workshops was printed in 1585 , the first edition of 'La Galatea ' of Miguel de Cervantes.
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Plaza puerta los mártires
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At the gate of the Martyrs square is the Fountain of the Four Pipes .
Here the door of Guadalajara, one of the most important medieval walled doors , which was expanded to the East in the second half of the fourteenth century arose . So called because through it is accessed by way of Guadalajara, was framed by a large defensive tower of blocks of stone and brick with battlements and turrets . Tradition dictated that the first time that the archbishops of Toledo and masters Alcala visited the city , should make his entrance through this door. In 1568 he began renamed Martyrs , and that she entered the relics of Saints Justo and Pastor , patrons of Alcalá .
As so , the door was demolished in the mid nineteenth century in order to expand access to the city from the road or trail of Aragon. In the 50s began to place popularly known as Cuatro Canos , name taken from a source theretransferred and you can see a replica today. Across the street is Bookcases went directly into the city center, Market Square or Cervantes.
From the sixteenth century began to be erected in the street Bookcases numerous colleges , which were responsible for paying the face that still preserves . It received its name from the printing and bookselling establishments residing therein . In one of these workshops was printed in 1585 , the first edition of 'La Galatea ' of Miguel de Cervantes.
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Plaza Puerta de Mártires, 1