Italy: Two of four giant telamones depicting the Moors defeated by Charles V in the 1535 conquest of Tunis, Porta Nuova (New Gate). The gate was originally built in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1584, but subsequently destroyed by fire in 1667 and rebui

Italy: Two of four giant telamones depicting the Moors defeated by Charles V in the 1535 conquest of Tunis, Porta Nuova (New Gate). The gate was originally built in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1584, but subsequently destroyed by fire in 1667 and rebuilt again in 1669, Palermo, Sicily. The gate commemorates the conquest of Tunis by Charles V (1500 - 1558), Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria.

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David Henley

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