Puerta de Elvira

Granada, Spain

Freely accessible

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The Gate of Elvira is an Islamic arch located at the beginning of Calle Elvira, on the edge of Granada's Albaicín neighbourhood. Originally called Bāb Ilbīra in Arabic, the gate was first built as part of the 11th-century Zirid defensive walls. During the 14th century, it was substantially rebuilt into a heavily fortified structure to serve the expanding Nasrid walls. Today only a portion of the gate survives. A significant Muslim cemetery, the Ibn Malik Cemetery, once stood immediately outside the gate; part of this burial ground now lies beneath the Royal Hospital. Designated a *Bien de Interés Cultural* (heritage site of cultural interest) in 1896, the gate remains an important archaeological remnant of medieval Granada's Islamic past.