Coiled gate

Pan Gate, Panmen, or Panmen Gate is a historical landmark in , Jiangsu Province, . It consists of a section of the old Suzhou City Wall that includes two separate gates, one opening to a road for pedestrian and vehicular traffic and another opening to a canal for waterborne vessels.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • …dates from 1351
  • Description: It is a water-and-land city gate on the southern city wall of Suzhou, slightly to the west, and the only surviving ancient city gate ruin in Suzhou.
  • Also known as
    “Pan Gate”
    “Panmen gate”

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Latitude
31.28956° or 31° 17′ 22″ north
Longitude
120.61195° or 120° 36′ 43″ east
Open location code
8Q327JQ6+RQ
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historic = city_gate
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tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Coiled gate” goes by many names.
Pán MénChinese
盘门Chinese
盤門Chinese
Πύλη ΠανGreek
PanportenNorwegian
PanportenNorwegian Bokmål
盘门Wu Chinese

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