�ꩵ Gatehouses of the World

These are notable gatehouses — the strong, often beautiful buildings thrown across the entrances to castles, abbeys, colleges and walled towns, where portcullises once dropped and lodgers took toll, and where the grandest surviving doorways of the medieval world still stand. Each profile shows where the gatehouse stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

58 gatehouses from 5 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any gatehouse for its full profile.

Africa (1) Americas (8) Asia (1) Europe (47) Oceania (1)

Africa (1 gatehouses)

Americas (8 gatehouses)

Asia (1 gatehouses)

Europe (47 gatehouses)

Oceania (1 gatehouses)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.