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Catherine’s Gate

Catherine's Gate in , , was built by the Tailors' Guild, in 1559 for defensive purposes to replace an old gate destroyed by a flood in 1526.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1559 city gate in Braşov, Romania
  • Address: Brașov

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Șchei Gate and Biserica Neagră.

City gate
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in the neighborhood of , , is right next to Catherine's Gate. It was built in between 1827 and 1828 in order to let through heightened traffic.

Church
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The Black Church, stands in the city of in south-eastern , . It was built by the local Transylvanian Saxon community of the city during medieval times and represents the main Gothic-style monument in the country, as well as being the… is situated 230 metres northeast of Catherine’s Gate.

Synagogue
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The , officially the Beth Israel Synagogue in Brașov is a former Neolog, currently Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 29 Poarta Șchei Street in the center of , in , . is situated 140 metres east of Catherine’s Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Șcheii Brașovului and Blumăna.

Neighborhood
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is the old ethnically Bulgarian and Romanian neighborhood of , a city in southeastern , Romania. This -like section of the town is mostly made up of small houses built along narrow roads with gardens and small fields on the slopes of the .

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is a neighborhood of and a Romanian ski resort. After the 2010s modernization, the ski area has expanded from 50 hectares to 80 hectares and the slope’s length increased from 13.8 km to 23.9 km.

Catherine’s Gate

Latitude
45.63952° or 45° 38′ 22″ north
Longitude
25.5861° or 25° 35′ 10″ east
Open location code
8GQ7JHQP+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39201232
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q542499
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Catherine’s Gate” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Брама Кацярыны”
  • Chinese: “加大肋纳门”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة كاثرين”
  • French: “porte Catherine”
  • French: “Porte Catherine”
  • German: “Katharinentor (Kronstadt)”
  • German: “Katharinentor”
  • Hungarian: “Katalin-kapu”
  • Romanian: “Poarta Ecaterinei din Brașov”
  • Romanian: “Poarta Ecaterinei”
  • Romanian: “Turnul porții Ecaterinei”
  • Russian: “Ворота Екатерины”
  • Slovak: “Katarínina brána”
  • Ukrainian: “Брама Катерини”

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Highlights include Parc Ecaterina and Facultatea de Silvicultură.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Catherine’s Gate”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.