gateways

List of Places

  • Abbey Gate Bury St. Edmunds, England 1340

    The great gate of the Abbey of St Edmund. Begun after the riots of 1327 but before 1346; completed after 1353. Barnack stone. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and battlements.

  • Norman Tower Bury St. Edmunds, England

    Monastic gate, now used as a belfry for the Cathedral Church of St James (qv). Built under Abbot Anselm between 1120 and 1148; Romanesque. Restored by LN Cottingham in 1846/7. Barnack stone.

  • Porta Nigra Trier, Germany c.180; used by Simeon 1028-35; church by 1040

    The impressive "Black Gate" in Trier is a 2nd-century Roman city gate. It owes its survival to early use by a revered hermit monk and subsequent transformation into a two-story church.

  • Nevile's Gate Cambridge, England c. 1610

    Circa 1610. Ashlar semi-circular arch with much carved decoration. The piers have Roman Doric half-columns on tall pedestals which support an entablature. The arch carries the Stuart Royal, arms and the Nevile arms.

  • Porta San Paolo Rome, Italy

    This grand Roman gateway led through the city walls to the harbor of Rome.