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.
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Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • 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” and “Panmen gate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruiguang Pagoda and Great Wave Pavilion.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Pitti, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 310 metres northeast of Coiled gate.

Garden
Photo: Gurdjieff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Canglang Pavilion, variously translated as the , Surging Wave Pavilion, or Blue Wave Pavilion, is one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou that are jointly recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Coiled gate.

Temple
Photo: Haier7917, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 650 metres north of Coiled gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wumenqiao and Canglang.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Gusu District, , , China. The subdistrict spans an area of 12.19 square kilometres, and has a population of 148,091.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Gusu District, , , China. The subdistrict spans an area of 6.17 square kilometres, and has a population of 80,111 as of 2017.

Suburb
is a township-level division of Gusu District, , , China. The subdistrict spans an area of 7.95 square kilometres, and a population of 93,778.

Coiled gate

Latitude
31.28956° or 31° 17′ 22″ north
Longitude
120.61195° or 120° 36′ 43″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Inception
1351
Open location code
8Q327JQ6+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 685088107
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7778781
Wiki­data ID
Q855173
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Coiled gate” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Pán mén”
  • Chinese: “Pán Mén”
  • Chinese: “盘门”
  • Chinese: “盤門”
  • French: “Panmen”
  • German: “Pan-Tor”
  • Greek: “Πύλη Παν”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Panporten”
  • Norwegian: “Panporten”
  • Wu Chinese: “盘门”

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