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The Porta Nigra (Latin for black gate), referred to by locals as Porta, is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany.It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2]The name Porta Nigra originated in the Middle Ages due to the darkened colour of its stone; the original Roman name has not been preserved.
The suffix-gate derives from the Watergate scandal in the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. [2] The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the burglary giving rise to the scandal took place; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on ...
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.
Candi bentar, or split gateway, is a classical Javanese and Balinese gateway entrance commonly found at the entrance of religious compounds, palaces, or cemeteries in Indonesia. [1] It is a candi -like structure split perfectly in two to create a passage in the center for people to walk through.
Like the temples they belong to, gates can be in the wayō, daibutsuyō, zen'yō or setchūyō style. [4] They can be named after: Their location, as the chūmon (中門, lit. "intermediate gate") or of the omotemon (表門, lit. front gate) or the karametemon (搦手門, lit. back entrance gate). The deity they house, as the Niōmon (lit.
Double portcullis gates at Petersberg Citadel, Erfurt. Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medieval castles, securely closing them off during times of attack or siege. Every portcullis was mounted in vertical grooves in the walls of the castle and could be raised or lowered quickly by using chains or ropes attached to an internal winch ...
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.
The GATE is used as a requirement for financial assistance (e.g. scholarships) for a number of programs, though criteria differ by admitting institution. [2] In December 2015, the University Grants Commission and MHRD announced that the scholarship for GATE-qualified master's degree students is increased by 56% from ₹ 8,000 (US$92) per month to ₹ 12,400 (US$140) per month.