Gates

thumb|Gate from Bucharest (Romania) thumb|right|Art Nouveau gate of [[Castel Béranger (Paris)]] thumb|Candi bentar, a typical [[Indonesian gate that is often found on the islands of Java and Bali]]

synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire

monumental gateway of an Egyptian temple

tower in Prague, Czech Republic

monumental sculpture by Auguste Rodin

building in Belgrade, Serbia

architectural element

thumb|250px|Map of the ceremonial and administrative heart of Constantinople, showing the Chalke Gate in the right centre The Chalke Gate (), was the main ceremonial entrance (vestibule) to the Great Palace of Constantinople in the Byzantine period. The name, which means "the Bronze Gate", was given to it either because of the bronze portals or from the gilded bronze tiles used in its roof. The interior was lavishly decorated with marble and mosaics, and the exterior façade featured a number of statues. Most prominent was an icon of Christ which became a major iconodule symbol during the Byzan

11th-century gates from the city of Ganja brought by the Georgians as a war booty to the Gelati Monastery, where it can still be seen near the tomb of King David IV of Georgia

informal name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations

entrance to Shusha fortress, Azerbaijan

former checkpoint between the Israeli and Jordanian sectors of Jerusalem

City gate in Prague-Hradčany, Czech Republic

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building in People's Republic of China

thumb|A view of the southeastern looking inwards towards the Dome of the Rock Eight freestanding archways called al-Mawazin () are located at the top of the staircases leading to the platform (maṣṭaba) of the Dome of the Rock from the surrounding courtyard () below. Each archway consists of open arches supported by 2 to 4 columns, set between two pilasters.

thumb|right|Kuninkaanportti or ( in Finnish and Swedish respectively) is the principal entrance to the Suomenlinna () fortress outside Helsinki. It is on the southernmost island of Suomenlinna, in front of the Kustaanmiekka strait, and is considered the main symbol of Suomenlinna.

monument in Kathmandu, Nepal

arch and square in Galway city, Ireland

gate in Jakarta built 1619-27 and demolished in the 1950s

three sets of gates from Balawat or Imgur-Enlil

Gate in Belgrade Fortress

defensive feature in medieval fortification

gatehouse in Brest, Belarus

building in Hradčany, Czech Republic

Gateways to Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem