A fortified gateway is an element of a variety of fortified structures, such as a castle or walled town. Fortified gates or gateways appear in the Bronze Age and reach into the modern times.
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
- 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 Stolberg Castle in Stolberg (Rhineland)
- Porta Alba, Porta Nigra and Imperial Baths in Trier
Romania (Transylvania)
- Stundturm in Sighișoara
United Kingdom
- Westgate at Canterbury
- 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
- Uedem
- Wassenberg
- Wiehl
See also
- Barbican
- Bridge castle
- Gate tower
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