THE ARCHWAY OF PHILIP V RONDA

This probably subtitued an earlier gateway from the Muslim period. The original gateway disappeared and this new one was contructed in the place kown as the Sillon del Moro (the Moor´s Armchair) thanks to a text engraved on a stone plaque found today close to the archway, but originally situated in the upper part of the construction, we know that it was built in 1742.



It consits of and archway of masonry with a trapezoidal top part finished with a small, curved fronton with a shield in the centre of one its two faces. It is topped with four pinnacles.