City gate

A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall. It is a type of fortified gateway.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: gate which is, or was, set within a city wall
  • Also known as: “city gate”, “city gates”, “Porta Urbica”, “town gate”, and “town gates”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Apollo and San Paolo Apostolo, Siracusa.

Archaeological site
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The is one of the most important ancient Greek monuments of Magna Graecia on , in front of the Piazza Pancali in , , Italy. is situated 130 metres east of City gate.

Church
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San Paolo Apostolo is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on via dell'Apollonion on the island of Ortigia, in the historic city center of Siracusa in Sicily, Italy. is situated 140 metres east of City gate.

Church
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The , formally the Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima, is an ancient Catholic church in , the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa. is situated 490 metres southeast of City gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ortygia and Santa Panagia.

Quarter
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is a small which is the historical centre of the city of , . The island, also known as the Città Vecchia, contains many historical landmarks. The name originates from the Ancient Greek órtyx, which means "quail".

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 4 km northwest of City gate.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km northwest of City gate.

City gate

Latitude
37.06362° or 37° 3′ 49″ north
Longitude
15.29167° or 15° 17′ 30″ east
Open location code
8F9Q377R+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 307888028
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q82117
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“City gate” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “stadspoort”
  • Arabic: “بوابة مدينة”
  • Armenian: “քաղաքային դարպաս”
  • Asturian: “puerta de ciudá”
  • Asturian: “puerta de la ciudá”
  • Basque: “hiriko portale”
  • Basque: “Portale”
  • Belarusian: “гарадскія вароты”
  • Bulgarian: “градска порта”
  • Bulgarian: “Градска порта”
  • Catalan: “porta de ciutat”
  • Catalan: “Porta de la ciutat”
  • Chinese: “Siâⁿ-mn̂g”
  • Chinese: “城門”
  • Chinese: “城门”
  • Czech: “městská brána”
  • Czech: “Městská brána”
  • Danish: “byport”
  • Danish: “Byport”
  • Dutch: “stadspoort”
  • Dutch: “Stadspoort”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة مدينه”
  • Esperanto: “urba pordego”
  • Estonian: “linnavärav”
  • Finnish: “kaupungin portti”
  • French: “entrée de ville”
  • French: “porte d’enceinte”
  • French: “porte de ville”
  • French: “Porte de ville”
  • French: “porte fortifiée”
  • French: “porte urbaine”
  • French: “portes d’enceinte”
  • French: “portes de ville”
  • French: “portes urbaines”
  • Galician: “porta da cidade”
  • German: “Stadttor”
  • German: “Stadttore”
  • Greek: “πύλη της πόλης”
  • Hebrew: “שער העיר”
  • Hungarian: “városkapu”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang kota (kuno)”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang kota”
  • Irish: “geata cathrach”
  • Italian: “porta cittadina”
  • Italian: “Porta cittadina”
  • Italian: “porta della città”
  • Italian: “porta di città”
  • Italian: “porta fortificata della città”
  • Italian: “porta urbana”
  • Italian: “porta urbica”
  • Italian: “porte cittadine”
  • Italian: “porte della città”
  • Italian: “porte di città”
  • Italian: “porte fortificate della città”
  • Italian: “porte urbane”
  • Italian: “porte urbiche”
  • Japanese: “城門”
  • Korean: “성문”
  • Korean: “시문”
  • Low German: “stadspoorte”
  • Low German: “Stadspoorte”
  • Macedonian: “градска капија”
  • Macedonian: “градска порта”
  • Macedonian: “Градска порта”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Siâⁿ-mn̂g”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “byport”
  • Norwegian: “Byport”
  • Persian: “دروازه شهر”
  • Polish: “brama miejska”
  • Polish: “Brama miejska”
  • Portuguese: “porta da cidade”
  • Portuguese: “Portas da cidade”
  • Russian: “городские ворота”
  • Russian: “Городские ворота”
  • Serbian: “капија града”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “gradska vrata”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gradska vrata”
  • Sicilian: “porta dâ cità”
  • Slovak: “mestská brána”
  • Slovenian: “mestna vrata”
  • Slovenian: “Mestna vrata”
  • Slovenian: “vrata mesta”
  • Slovenian: “vrata trga”
  • Spanish: “puerta de ciudad”
  • Spanish: “puerta de la ciudad”
  • Spanish: “Puerta de la ciudad”
  • Spanish: “puerta de muralla”
  • Spanish: “puerta fortificada”
  • Spanish: “puerta monumental”
  • Spanish: “puertas de ciudad”
  • Spanish: “puertas de la ciudad”
  • Swedish: “stadsport”
  • Swedish: “Stadsport”
  • Swiss German: “Stadttor”
  • Telugu: “నగర పొలిమేర”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Stadttor”
  • Turkish: “kent kapısı”
  • Turkish: “şehir kapısı”
  • Turkish: “Şehir kapısı”
  • Ukrainian: “міська брама”
  • Ukrainian: “Міська брама”
  • Ukrainian: “міські ворота”
  • Upper Sorbian: “měšćanske wrota”
  • Urdu: “دروازہ شہر”
  • Vietnamese: “cổng thành”
  • Vietnamese: “cửa ô”
  • Walloon: “Poite di veye”
  • Welsh: “porth dinas”
  • Wu Chinese: “城门”

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