The Torres de Quart or Puerta de Quart is one of the two remaining gates of the old Valencia city wall. It was built between 1441 and 1493. It was still in use during the Peninsular War when it was marked by cannonballs and musket shots.
The Torres de Quart in València
A view down the interior street of València toward the old city gate Torres de Quart
An early 20th century photograph of the Torres de Quart
The Serrans Gate or Serranos Gate, also known as Serrans Towers or Serranos Towers is one of the twelve gates that formed part of the ancient city wall, the Christian Wall, of the city of Valencia, Spain. It was built in Valencian Gothic style at the end of the 14th century. Its name is probably due to its location in the northwest of the old city centre, making it the entry point for the royal road connecting Valencia with the comarca or district of Els Serrans as well as the entry point for the royal road to Barcelona, or because the majority of settlers near there in the time of James I of Aragon were from the area around Teruel, whose inhabitants were often called serrans by the Valencians. Alternatively, the gate may also have been named after an important family, the Serrans, who lived in a street with the same name.
Exterior façade of the monumental Serrano gate, built in the 14th century.
View of the city-side approach.
Torres de Serranos and the city walls of Valencia in an old drawing.
The towers in 1870, when they were a prison. Picture by Ainaud, commissioned by J. Laurent.
