Tag:historic=city_gate
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 historic = city_gate
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A city gate within a city wall 
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| Rendering in OSM Carto |
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| Group: historic |
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| Status: de facto |
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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
The Xylokerkos Gate or Gate of Belgrade.
Heunginjimun(Dongdaemun), Seoul.
Porta di San Sebastiano in Rome
Porta San Giovanni in Rome
Porta San Paolo in Rome
Taedong Gate (Taedongmun), in Pyongyang
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See also
Rendering
- Historic place[1]
