|
Town gate - Definition |
| Related Words: Archbishopric, Archdiocese, Arrondissement, Bailiwick, Bishopric, Borough, Burgh, Canton, City, Civic, Commune, Community, County, Departement, Diocese, District, Downtown, Duchy, Electorate, Government, Hamlet, Hundred |
|
|
|
A city gate is a gate set within a city wall.
Examples of city gates include:
- Gates of Cairo
- Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls
- City Gate (building in Israel)
- Holstentor, in Lübeck, Germany
- Porta Nigra, in Trier, Germany
- Amsterdamse Poort, a city gate of Haarlem, the Netherlands
- London's Roman and Medieval gates of the London Wall: Ludgate, Newgate, Aldersgate, Bishopsgate, Cripplegate, Moorgate, Aldgate
- Rashomon Gate, Kyoto, Japan
See also: Triumphal arch
|
Example Usage of Town |
 |
brian_sack: @lschtz89 So cold that wandering the old Town was too painful. Gorgeous place though. |
 |
jonathanwil: not a lot of wine drinking occurs when the boys are in Town. hence the lack of suggestions. how about football, wings and beers? |
 |
MaxRakontur: Im gonna buy this Town and put it all in my shoe. #jimihendrix |
|
|
