It was one of the doors on the city walls, torn in 1512, at the time of the Archbishop of Braga, D. Diogo de Sousa. Its current shape dates from 1772, at the initiative of Archbishop D. Gaspar de Bragança, designed by Braga architect André Soares, in a historic moment when the city was breaking through the old walls, expanding. Next to it is a medieval tower, belonging to the fernandine wall, and practically covered by the houses. Entrance is through the Image Museum.