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Roshnai Gate from Hazuri Bagh (
Lahore)
- "City Gate" redirects here. For the Israeli skyscraper, see Moshe Aviv Tower.
A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall. Other terms include port.
The city gate was commonly used to display various public information as diverse as standards of local measures, legal texts and beheaded heads of criminals.
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- 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
- Italy: Porta Capuana, Naples
- Malta: City Gate, Valletta
- Netherlands: Amsterdamse Poort, a city gate of Haarlem
- Netherlands: Waterpoort (water gate), Sneek
- Netherlands: Vischpoort (fish gate), Elburg
- Netherlands: Koppelpoort (combination gate), Amersfoort
- Poland: Brama Portowa (Port Gate), Szczecin
- Poland: Brama Młyńska (Mill Gate), Stargard Szczeciński
- Poland: St. Florian's 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
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