Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: gate

Due to the rural exodus, San Felices de los Gallegos now only has around 400 inhabitants. After the reconquest (reconquista) from the Moors and the repopulation (repoblación) of the almost deserted mountain region in the 11th and 12th centuries, the area was disputed for centuries between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of León (later the Kingdom of Castile). The Castillo amd the city walls are remnants of the disputes between the kingdoms over control of the area. Built in the 13th century by the Portuguese king Don Dinis, this gate still exists. And one of the many labourers who created the city walls found the time to carve these two stones and to wall them in at the top of the gate

Due to the rural exodus, San Felices de los Gallegos now only has around 400 inhabitants. After the reconquest (reconquista) from the Moors and the repopulation (repoblación) of the almost deserted mountain region in the 11th and 12th centuries, the area was disputed for centuries between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of León (later the Kingdom of Castile). The Castillo amd the city walls are remnants of the disputes between the kingdoms over control of the area. Built in the 13th century by the Portuguese king Don Dinis, this gate still exists.

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". In medieval times Cologne had 12 gates and as this was a parallel to the heavenly Jerusalem it was dubbed "Sancta Colonia" or "Hilliges Coellen" (= "Sacred Cologne"). All gates were fortified and part of the citywall. Four of these old gates still exist. One is the Eigelsteintorburg, erected 1228 and 1248 during the third city expansion. It secured the city to the north. The road running through was originally built by the Romans. The Eigelsteintorburg was remodeled a couple of times over the centuries and in Prussian times served as a prison. Meanwhile some representive rooms can be rented for private parties.