Tag:historic=city gate

A  City gate (or town gate) is a gate which is or was set in a city wall. May also be used for  gate towers.

Similar to gatehouse, but that are or were functioning as part of a city wall, are tagged with this key value.

How to map

Set a node at the center of the gate or draw an area along its outline.

Tag it with historic=city_gate.

Tags used in combination

• name=* the name of the city gate
• wikipedia=*
• start_date=* year of completion
• if it is permanently open: + barrier=entrance
• if it is an active barrier: + access=* + proper barrier=* (eg. barrier=gate ; barrier=sally_port ; barrier=portcullis... )

Gallery

See also

• building=gatehouse
• barrier=city_wall
• historic=citywalls
• defensive_works=barbican

Rendering

• Historic place