Puerta de Carlos V

Puerta principal de Viveiro

Magnifica puerta de entrada al recinto amurallado de Viveiro. Se mandó construir por la exención de impuestos que otorgó Carlos I de España, y V de Alemania por ser emperador, después de un incendio q...

One of the old entrances to main square

Porta do Carlos V is one of the old entrances to the main square in Viveiro, a town in Galicia Region, in the North of Spain. In fact, it is the only old gate you can see in the main square and it is ...

The more impressive of old Viveiro’s remaining gates

The more impressive of the three remaining gates of Viveiro’s the old wall, the Porta de Carlos V is also called Porta Mayor or del Castillo. Built in 1548, it honors King Carlos I of Spain, who beca...