The Puerta de Toledo (, " Toledo Gate") is a gate located in

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. It was declared ''

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'' in 1996. Construction began in 1812, but was not completed until 1827. It was one of the nineteen city gates within the Walls of Philip IV. Puerta de Toledo metro station in on Line 5 of the

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