City gate
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A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall.
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[edit] Uses
The city gate was usually the place to display the local standards of weight, length and volume. This was of great importance since these varied greatly between cities before any unified metric system.
Examples of city gates include:
[edit] Africa
[edit] Asia and Oceania
- China: Gate of China in Nanjing
- India: Gateway of India in Mumbai (Maharashtra)
- Israel: Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls
- Japan: Rashomon Gate, Kyoto
- Pakistan: Walled City of Lahore
- Russia: Golden Gate (Vladimir)
- South Korea: Seoul's city gates, including: Namdaemun and Dongdaemun
- Taiwan: North gate of Taipei
[edit] Europe
- Belgium: the remaining city gates of Bruges: Kruispoort, Gentpoort, Smedepoort, Ezelpoort
- England: London's Roman and Medieval gates of the London Wall: Ludgate, Newgate, Aldersgate, Bishopsgate, Cripplegate, Moorgate, Aldgate
- England: The gates (known as Bars) of the York city walls
- France: Porte de Joigny and Porte de Sens in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
- Germany: Holstentor, in Lübeck
- Germany: Porta Nigra, in Trier
- Germany: The old gate, in Speyer
- Germany: Steintor, in Rostock
- Germany: Marinstor(Saint Martin's Gate)and Schwabentor in Freiburg in Breisgau
- Malta: City Gate, Valletta
- Netherlands: Amsterdamse Poort, a city gate of Haarlem
- Netherlands: Waterpoort (water gate), Sneek
- Poland: Brama Portowa, Szczecin
- Poland: Brama Młyńska (water gate), Stargard Szczeciński,
- Poland: Florian Gate, Kraków
- Poland: Żuraw (crane gate), Gdańsk
- Russia: Golden Gate, Vladimir
- Spain: Puerta del Sol, Madrid
- Switzerland: The gates of the Basel City Walls, Basel
- Ukraine: Golden Gate, Kiev
City Gate is an alternate name of the skyscraper in Ramat Gan, Israel officially called the Moshe Aviv Tower.
[edit] See also
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