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Gate from Bucharest (Romania) Art Nouveau gate of Castel Béranger (Paris) Candi bentar, a typical Indonesian gate that is often found on the islands of Java and Bali. A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" [1] meaning road or path; But other terms include yett and port.
A wicket gate is also used for a stand-alone gate that provides convenient secondary access, for example to the rear of a walled park or garden. The cricket term "wicket" comes from this usage. [7] "The Wicket Gate" is an important feature in John Bunyan's 17th-century Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. As the first stage of the journey ...
The hongsalmun is a gate for entering a sacred place in Korea. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] It is arranged by two round poles set vertically and two transverse bars. [ 40 ] It has no roof and door-gate, and placed on the middle top gate is a symbol of the trisula and the taegeuk image. [ 40 ]
The primary difference between a foyer and an entryway is a sense of formality. ... A big foyer is great in rambling country or vacation houses where lots of family and friends are gathered and ...
The famous torii at Itsukushima Shrine. A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, ) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred, [1] and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through.
A lychgate (from Old English līc, corpse) or resurrection gate [1] is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. Examples also exist outside the British Isles in places such as Newfoundland , [ 2 ] the Upland South [ 3 ] and Texas [ 4 ] in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South ...
Hell's Gate National Park is a National Park in Kenya which is named for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries. [19] Masaya Volcano located in Nicaragua is known as another gate of hell, it is part of the first national park in the country. According to local lore, the volcano was a deity unto itself.
A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses are typically the most heavily armed section of a fortification, to compensate for being structurally the weakest and the ...