Door of Hannibal (Second Punic War). Castle of Xativa. La Costera District. Valencia province. Valencian Community. Spain.
Door of Hannibal (rebuilt in 15th century in gothic style). Known with this name because the Carthaginian Hannibal Barca crossed through before start the Conquest of Saguntum, starting the Second Punic War (218-202 BC), and after done the same Publius Cornelius Scipio (aka Scipio the Africanus) in the course of same war. Castle of Xativa (Iberian-Roman origin with most remains of Muslim and Gothic epochs). This City was the born place of the two Borgia Popes (Calixtus III and Alexander VI). La Costera District. Valencia province. Valencian Community. Spain
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