Gate

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. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a barrier which closed it. Gates may prevent or control the entry or exit of individuals, or they may be merely decorative. The moving part or parts of a gateway may be considered "doors", as they are fixed at one side whilst opening and closing like one.[2]

A gate may have a latch that can be raised and lowered to both open a gate or prevent it from swinging.[3] Locks are also used on gates to increase the security. Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town. Actual doors can also be considered gates when they are used to block entry as prevalent within a gatehouse. Today, many gate doors are opened by an automated gate operator.

This gate and massive gateposts has no locks—a gate marks a borderline in ownership/use and can allow passage.

A small, elegant gate to a meadow path

Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence

Wringin Lawang, a 14th-century Majapahit split gate, called "Candi bentar", in Trowulan, Java, Indonesia

Richly decorated Indonesian Balinese temple gate called Paduraksa

This gate at Columbia University was closed to prevent entry of protesters

The gate of Finlayson factory in Tampere, Finland

A gate at Kansai University, built in 1923

Malaysian King's Palace Gate, Kuala Lampur

Medieval ironclad city gate, from the Upper Gate in the old town of Ohrid

Chinese traditional type gate (iron gate in front of house) in Kerala, India

Gates decorate routes in the entrance of Muscat, Oman

Kuwait Gate, historically surrounded Kuwait City, built in 1929

Royal Military College of Canada front gates and gatehouse

Ernst Rudolph, By the Entrance

Decorative emblems of state are also fixed on gates to public buildings, old Royal Melbourne Mint

Gate of Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhavnagar, India

Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University gate on the eve of Namvistar Din celebrations reflects Ajanata art

Michael's Gate in Bratislava, Slovakia

St. Louis Gateway Arch

A Chinese Paifang at Foshan, China

Warsaw University main gate, Poland

Gate of Farm Gunsteling in Namibia (2017)

Thai Temple (wat) gate at Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai

A gopuram, Hindu temple gate tower, in Sri Lanka

A Japanese temple gate (mon) at Eiheiji

A Moorish architecture gate in Alhambra, Granada, Spain

A French-manner gate of the embassy of Thailand in Paris

Adapted-Korean-manner gate of the embassy of South Korea in Moscow