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Fortified gateway
A fortified gateway is an element of a variety of fortified structures, such as a castle or walled
town.[1] Fortified gates or gateways appear in the Bronze Age and reach into the modern times.[2]

City gate

Gatehouse

Torburg
In German, a "Torburg", lit. "gate castle", is a relatively
autonomous and heavily fortified gateway of a castle or town.
Medieval castle gateways of this type usually have additional
fortifications in front of them. A common form is the tower
gateway (German: Turmtorburg); a variant is the bastion
gateway (German: Halbrundturmtorburg). They are common
in Europe.

Examples in Europe

France
Château du Sou in Lacenas

Germany The Severin Gate in Cologne

Deutsches Tor in Metz

Ehrentor, Eigelsteintorburg, Hahnentorburg, Kuniberts
Tower, Schaafentor and Severin Gate in Cologne
Town fortifications of Erkelenz
Friedländer Tor in Neubrandenburg
Marching Gate and Bridge Gate in Aachen as well as
Aachen's city walls
Upper Gate in Neuss
Fortified gateway of Seeburg Palace
Star Gate in Bonn Fortified gateway of Seeburg Palace
Fortified gateway of Stolberg Castle in Stolberg (Rhineland)

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Porta Alba, Porta Nigra and Imperial Baths in Trier

Romania (Transylvania)
Stundturm in Sighișoara

United Kingdom

Westgate at Canterbury Porta Nigra in Trier

Balkerne Gate at Colchester

Bargate, Southampton
Castle Upton in Templepatrick, Northern Ireland
Kingsgate and Westgate, Winchester
Monnow Bridge, Monmouth - the only surviving type in
Britain with the gatehouse positioned on the bridge
Portgate on Hadrian's Wall
Five Arches Gate and Whitesand Gate at Tenby
Micklegate Bar and other gates at York

On coats of arms
Bad Kissingen
Dinslaken
Königswinter
Limerick
Neubrandenburg
Marching Gate (double gate castle)
Uedem
in Aachen
Wassenberg
Wiehl

Fortified gate in the Fortified gate in the Fortified gate in the Fortified gate in the
Limerick coat of arms Dinslaken coat of Königswinter coat of Wiehl coat of arms
arms arms

See also
Barbican
Bridge castle

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Gate tower

References
1. "Definition of" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortification). www.merriam-
webster.com. 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
2. "Israel: 5,500-year-old gate dating back to early bronze age, discovered!" (https://timesofindia.i
ndiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/israel-5500-year-old-gate-dating-back-to-early-bronze-age-di
scovered/articleshow/102980219.cms). The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257 (https://www.worl
dcat.org/issn/0971-8257). Retrieved 2024-03-21.

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