l E space that opens to the public of the Alhambra and Generalife in the month of March are the stables of the rampart of the tower Peak and False door, now known as Puerta de Hierro. This space fits perfectly both under the heading of "The Alhambra Christian" as in "The space of the month." 
The bastion known as the back door is another one of those who in 1492 began to be built by new owners of the fortress for his defense in case of a hypothetical Saracen attack on the city of Granada just conquered by the Catholic Kings on January 2, 1492 and it is significant that the same year work started building the Alhambra defenses to counter the technical advances of the artillery. In chapters We have previously described some of these revellines and bastions.
There is a book, "The Catholic Kings in the Alhambra" by Dr. Juan Antonio Vilar Sanchez and published by the Patronato de la Alhambra in Alhambra Library collection, whose reading is required if we are to understand the interventions that were made, and that a comprehensive, deeply researched and with a large collection of photographs, charts and maps, for more visibility which is a monument built with poor materials such as mud, plaster and wood is standing and is the best manifestation of Islamic art that exists in the world that despite the traditional "Four Palitroques"
This stronghold is one of the most unique works conducted in the Alhambra in the northern sector until late 1492 captured the largest investments of all works alhambreñas. Throughout the year was invested in this bastion almost the same amount at the same time invest in the works Bibataubín Castle. The direction of the work corresponded to Anton de San Martin and its structure does not provide any sort of technical innovation to be just a kind of barrier artillery outside the corral output and had at the time the Puerta del Arrabal Nazarite. The new about 18 by 30 meters, with sides in a zig-zag, and Staba and artillery equipped for the fight with low walls that did not exceed six feet, but two feet in thickness, made in lime concrete mud bricks. The wall thickness increased by a portico of six feet wide that ran along attached to the barrier. This portico was composed of fifteen segmental brick arches, vaulted cylindrical inside and it was where was placed inside the weather-proof guns for what stone built three portholes on each flare one of the three directions, north, east and south, nine in total. On the porch ran a crenellated parapet, also a place suitable to locate pieces of artillery, which would be transformed in the nineteenth century crenellated parapet to make it for his defense of the infantry in the Carlist wars.
At its northwest side, the fence is stretched with a small bastion of nine meters wide by 18 high, with three floors, open to the interior of the fortress to prevent if from being taken by the enemy was easily defensible, is currently covered by a barrel vault roof three waters. The fence gate, decorated with a basket arch Gothic, reduced size, two by three meters. Leaves covered with iron plates from which it takes its name, sits on a masonry structure and on the arc rampant arms of Ferdinand and Isabella with their respective symbols of the yoke and arrows in very poor condition.
The function of this fortress was to defend and repel a possible attack to come up the Cuesta de los Chinos entrance to the Alhambra on the Gate of The Peak Tower so the pockets of concern both made lower as the high cost of the addition also serv ed barracks for the garrison of the Alhambra. The construction of this fortress was completed in April 1495.
Montufar Antonio Gutiérrez
Bibliography: "The Catholic Kings in the Alhambra" of
Dr. Juan Miguel Vilar Sánchez
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