Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

Las Torres de Quart are the remains of the ancient medieval walls of Valencia, along with the Torres de Serranos.
Other gateways to the city of Valencia, are the missing doors of San Vicente to the south and the Puerta del Mar to the east or to the port. The doors disappeared in the nineteenth century with the rest of the wall surrounding the Old City to provide work for unemployed workers and to enlarge the city.
The Quart Towers were built by “professors in the noble art of pedra (stone)” Francesc Baldomar and Pere Compte between 1441 and 1460. The works also involved Jaume [...]

The Towers of Highlands (or Door of Highlands) were constructed at the end of 14th century.
Their initial function was to serve as fortification, a fact that testifies to their heavy walls and their solidiness, but they were generally used for ceremonies and official entrances for important personalities that visited the city, the main reason why they are considered to be the main entrance to the city of Valencia.
Their name seems to come from the fact that they are located approximately to the northwest, therefore, they were the natural entrance that communicated with the ways to the Highlands (the Camino Real of Saragossa, that [...]