Sassenpoort
The Sassenpoort is a gatehouse in the city wall of Zwolle, the Netherlands. It was built in 1409 out of dimension stone, mostly trachyte and tuff, and restoration work was done in 1893-1898.Photo: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum de Fundatie and Synagogue, Zwolle.
Museum de Fundatie
Museum
Potgietersingel
Park
Photo: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
Potgietersingel is a park, which is situated 190 metres southwest of Sassenpoort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamperpoort and Aa-landen.
Aa-landen
Quarter
Photo: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
Aa-landen is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km north of Sassenpoort.
Katerveer
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Katerveer is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Sassenpoort.
Sassenpoort
- Type: City gate
- Description: gatehouse in Zwolle, Netherlands
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Zwolle, Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.50998° or 52° 30′ 36″ northLongitude
6.09555° or 6° 5′ 44″ eastInception
1725Open location code
9F48G35W+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 271002459OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateWikidata ID
Q2221010
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Sassenpoort” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساسنبورت”
- Chinese: “薩森門”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 41788”
- Dutch: “Sassenpoort”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساسنبورت”
- Italian: “Porta dei Sassoni”
- Italian: “Sassenpoort”
- Low German: “Sassenpoorte”
- Romanian: “Sassenpoort”
- Russian: “Саксонские ворота”
- Western Frisian: “Sassenpoarte”
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