Wallajah Gate

Wallajah Gate is a city gate in , , . Wallajah Gate is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort St. George and Chennai Central railway station.

Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
is a fortress at the coastal city of , . Founded in 1639, it was the first English fortress in India. The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land.

Railway station
Photo: Bellus Delphina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chennai Central, is a railway station in , India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in and a major rail hub in the country. It is classified as a NSG–1 category station and comes under the purview of the Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. is situated 1 km northwest of Wallajah Gate.

Railway station
Photo: Rasnaboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chennai Fort is a station on the Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai MRTS. It is the second station on the Chennai MRTS line from Chennai Beach to Velachery. is situated 520 metres north of Wallajah Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sowcarpet and George Town.

Neighborhood
Photo: RAJUKHAN SR RAJESH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in the of , . is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city with narrow streets and vintage buildings.

Suburb
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, also known as Muthialpet and Parry's corner, is a neighbourhood in , , . It is near the Fort Saint George. It is an historical area of Madras city from where its expansion began in the 1640s.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in downtown , . It lies adjacent to the historical neighbourhood of . The area got its name from the People's Park which was situated near the Ripon Building.

Wallajah Gate

Latitude
13.07901° or 13° 4′ 44″ north
Longitude
80.28435° or 80° 17′ 4″ east
Open location code
7M5237HM+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1091157973
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
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