Routes

The parades approach the cathedral converging on the Puerto del Puente, completed in the days of Philip II.
The present triumphal arch is the work of Hernán Ruiz III and replaces what was first a Roman gate mentioned at the time of Julius Cesar and later a Moorish gate. A documented restoration took place in 720 AD.
Nowadays it is a traffic island, but today the floats cram themselves through it.
Then it is round the side of the Mezique and into the Orange Garden in front of the building. They then squeeze into the building, pass through the colonnades and exit through another tight doorway.Read more