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Lion Gate is a city gate of a Bronze Age citadel in Mycenae. Greece: Lion Gate in Mycenae, 13th century BC; Ireland: Saint Laurence Gate, Drogheda; Sheep Gate, Trim; St. James's Gate, Dublin; gates of Dublin; Archi di Porta Nuova is a medieval city gate in Milan. Porta San Giovanni is a city gate at the Aurelian Wall in Rome. Italy: Porta ...
The Meridian Gate to the Imperial Citadel, Huế Closer view of the gate. The Meridian Gate (Vietnamese: Ngọ Môn, Chữ Hán: 午門), also known as the South Gate, is the main gate to the Imperial City, Huế, located within the citadel of Huế.
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Huế Imperial City map, 1909 Huế Imperial City map with Vietnamese translation, 1909. Aerial view of the Imperial City in Hue during the feast in honor of the takeover of Emperor Bảo Đại, 11 September 1932. The grounds of the Imperial City are protected by fortified ramparts 2 by 2 kilometres (1.2 by 1.2 mi), and ringed by a moat.
The outermost sector is the primary defensive fortification of the citadel (called La thành or Kinh thành), the middle sector is the Imperial City (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành), between these two layers is a residential area, the innermost sector is the Forbidden City (or "Purple Forbidden City", from the Vietnamese Tử cấm thành; a term ...
Principal Parisian city gates. While Paris is encircled by the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road), the city gates of Paris (French: portes de Paris) are the access points to the city for pedestrians and other road users. As Paris has had successive ring roads through the centuries, city gates are found inside the modern-day Paris.
Map showing the official extent of the Old Quarter. The official extent of the Hanoi Old Quarter has been fixed by a 1995 decision from the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction: [1] in the north it is limited by Hàng Đậu street, in the west by Phùng Hưng street, in the south by Hàng Bông street, Hàng Gai street, Cầu Gỗ street, and Hàng Thùng street, and in the east by Trần ...
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