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
_-_Porta_San_Sebastiano.jpg)
See also
Rendering
- Historic place[1]
