Second tower of the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca
Appearance
General Álava during the Battle of Vitoria in the Napoleonic French Invasion. Drawing located in the Kutxabank
archives. (circa 1813). Here seen the two towers crowning the plaza.![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Plaza_de_la_Virgen_Blanca_Vitoria_in_1833_with_two_towers_by_David_Roberts.jpg/240px-Plaza_de_la_Virgen_Blanca_Vitoria_in_1833_with_two_towers_by_David_Roberts.jpg)
The Second tower of the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, also called Tower of the Correría was the smaller of the two towers that noted for its height, the other (the higher) tower exist today intact, that were in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country autonomous community, Spain).[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Portals_of_Vitoria-Gasteiz_.jpg/220px-Portals_of_Vitoria-Gasteiz_.jpg)
Before 1650 this building was a city gate with a Gothic arc, after the 1650 reform had semicircular arches.
Remains
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Plaza_market_vitoria.jpg/220px-Plaza_market_vitoria.jpg)
The San Miguel clock is now a distinctive element of the bell tower of the Church of San Miguel, this bell tower is seen in the foreground in the square.
See also
- Portals of Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Plaza de la Virgen Blanca
- List of missing landmarks in Spain
References
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