Șchei Gate
Șchei Gate in the Șcheii Brașovului neighborhood of Brașov, Romania, is right next to Catherine's Gate. It was built in between 1827 and 1828 in order to let through heightened traffic.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Catherine’s Gate and Biserica Neagră.
Catherine’s Gate
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Catherine's Gate in Brașov, Romania, was built by the Tailors' Guild, in 1559 for defensive purposes to replace an old gate destroyed by a flood in 1526.
Biserica Neagră
Church
Photo: tprzechlewski, CC BY 2.0.
The Black Church, stands in the city of Brașov in south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It was built by the local Transylvanian Saxon community of the city during medieval times and represents the main Gothic-style monument in the country, as well as being the… Biserica Neagră is situated 220 metres northeast of Șchei Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Șcheii Brașovului and Blumăna.
Șcheii Brașovului
Neighborhood
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Șcheii Brașovului is the old ethnically Bulgarian and Romanian neighborhood of Brașov, a city in southeastern Transylvania, Romania. This village-like section of the town is mostly made up of small houses built along narrow roads with gardens and small fields on the slopes of the Tâmpa Mountain.
Poiana Brașov
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Poiana Brașov is a neighborhood of Brașov and a Romanian ski resort. After the 2010s modernization, the ski area has expanded from 50 hectares to 80 hectares and the slope’s length increased from 13.8 km to 23.9 km.
Șchei Gate
- Type: Gate
- Also known as: “Schei Gate”, “Şchei Gate”, and “Șchei Gate from Braşov”
- Category: city gate
- Location: Brașov, Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Slovak—“Șchei Gate” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Порта на шкеите”
- Bulgarian: “Портата на българите”
- Dutch: “Scheipoort”
- Dutch: “Şcheipoort”
- Dutch: “Șcheipoort”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة شكى”
- French: “porte Schei”
- French: “Porte Şchei”
- French: “porte Șchei”
- Hungarian: “Árvaház utcai kapu”
- Hungarian: “Bolgárszegi-kapu”
- Polish: “Brama Șchei”
- Romanian: “Poarta Şchei din Braşov”
- Romanian: “Poarta Șchei din Brașov”
- Russian: “Ворота Шкей”
- Slovak: “Șcheiská brána”
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