Princes’ Gates
The Princes' Gates is a triumphal arch and a monumental gateway at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Made out of cement and stone, the triumphal arch is flanked by colonnades on both of its sides, with curved pylons at both ends.- Type: Building
- Description: triumphal arch and a monumental gateway at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Princes‘ Gates”
- Inscription: “Canadian National Exhibition 1879 1927”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include BMO Field and Automotive Building.
BMO Field
Stadium
BMO Field is an outdoor stadium located at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Constructed on the former Exhibition Stadium site and first opened in 2007, it is the home field of Toronto FC of Major League Soccer and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. BMO Field is situated 750 metres west of Princes’ Gates.
Automotive Building
Convention center
The Automotive Building is a heritage building at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, containing event and conference space. In the 1920s, as a result of burgeoning interest in automobiles, additional exhibition space for automotive exhibits during the annual Canadian National Exhibition was needed. Automotive Building is situated 140 metres southwest of Princes’ Gates.
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a 553.3-metre-high communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands. CN Tower is situated 2 km northeast of Princes’ Gates.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort York and Exhibition Place.
Fort York
Neighborhood
Fort York, also known as Garrison, is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located west of Downtown Toronto, north of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, and east of Exhibition Place along the shores of Lake Ontario.
Exhibition Place
Neighborhood
Exhibition Place is a publicly owned mixed-use district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located by the shoreline of Lake Ontario, just west of downtown. The 197-acre site includes exhibit, trade, and banquet centres, theatre and music buildings, monuments, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial, and national historic sites.
Liberty Village
Neighborhood
Liberty Village is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bordered to the north by King Street West, to the west by Dufferin Street, to the south by the Gardiner Expressway, to the east by Strachan Avenue, and to the northeast by railway tracks.
Princes’ Gates
- Categories: triumphal arch and historic site
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.63479° or 43° 38′ 5″ north
Longitude
-79.40947° or 79° 24′ 34″ west
Inception
1927
Levels
2
Roof shape
flat
Open location code
87M2JHMR+W6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Princes’ Gates” goes by many names.
- French: “Princes‘ Gates”
- Ukrainian: “Брама принців”
- Ukrainian: “Ворота принців”
- Ukrainian: “Княжа брама”
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