{{Short description|Heavily fortified gateway of a castle or a city wall}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2024}} A '''fortified gateway''' is an element of a variety of fortified structures, such as a castle or walled town.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-16 |title=Definition of |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortification |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> Fortified gates or gateways appear in the Bronze Age and reach into the modern times.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Israel: 5,500-year-old gate dating back to early bronze age, discovered! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/israel-5500-year-old-gate-dating-back-to-early-bronze-age-discovered/articleshow/102980219.cms |access-date=2024-03-21 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
==City gate== {{main|City gate}}
==Gatehouse== {{main|Gatehouse}}
==''Torburg''== [[File:Jakob Scheiner Koeln Severinstor Feldseite.jpg|thumb|The Severin Gate in Cologne]]
In German, a "Torburg", lit. "gate castle", is a relatively autonomous and heavily fortified gateway of a castle or town. Medieval castle gateways of this type usually have additional fortifications in front of them. A common form is the tower gateway (German: ''Turmtorburg''); a variant is the bastion gateway (German: ''Halbrundturmtorburg''). They are common in Europe.
===Examples in Europe=== ====France==== Château du Sou in Lacenas
====Germany==== thumb|Fortified gateway of Seeburg Palace [[File:Porta Nigra morgens (100MP).jpg|thumb|Porta Nigra in Trier]] [[File:Marschiertor Aachen.jpg|thumb|Marching Gate (double gate castle) in Aachen]] *Deutsches Tor in Metz *Ehrentor, Eigelsteintorburg, Hahnentorburg, Kuniberts Tower, Schaafentor and Severin Gate in Cologne *Town fortifications of Erkelenz *Friedländer Tor in Neubrandenburg *Marching Gate and Bridge Gate in Aachen as well as Aachen's city walls *Upper Gate in Neuss *Fortified gateway of Seeburg Palace *Star Gate in Bonn *Fortified gateway of Stolberg Castle in Stolberg (Rhineland) *Porta Alba, Porta Nigra and Imperial Baths in Trier
====Romania (Transylvania)==== *Stundturm in Sighișoara
====United Kingdom==== *Westgate at Canterbury *Balkerne Gate at Colchester *Bargate, Southampton *Castle Upton in Templepatrick, Northern Ireland *Kingsgate and Westgate, Winchester *Monnow Bridge, Monmouth - the only surviving type in Britain with the gatehouse positioned on the bridge *Portgate on Hadrian's Wall *Five Arches Gate and Whitesand Gate at Tenby *Micklegate Bar and other gates at York
===On coats of arms=== * Bad Kissingen * Dinslaken * Königswinter * Limerick * Neubrandenburg * Uedem * Wassenberg * Wiehl
<gallery> File:Limerick.Shield.png|Fortified gate in the Limerick coat of arms File:DEU Dinslaken COA.svg|Fortified gate in the Dinslaken coat of arms File:DEU Koenigswinter COA.svg|Fortified gate in the Königswinter coat of arms File:Wappenwiehl.svg|Fortified gate in the Wiehl coat of arms </gallery>
==See also== *Barbican *Bridge castle *Gate tower
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Castle architecture Category:Types of gates Category:Fortification (architectural elements)