Gate

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Hand-carved wooden gate in Imecsfalva, Szekely Land, Transsylvania

A monumental gate of the Great Mosque of Kairouan also known as the Mosque of Uqba, in Kairouan, Tunisia.

A gate or gateway is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in some sort of fence. Gates may prevent or control the entry or exit of individuals, or they may be merely decorative. Other terms for gate include yett and port. The word derives from the old Norse "gata", meaning road or path, and originally referred to the gap in the wall or fence, rather than the barrier which closed it.

A gate may have a latch to keep it from swinging and a lock for security. Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town, or the actual doors that block entry through the gatehouse. Today, many gate doors are opened by an automated gate operator.

1 Types
2 Gallery
3 See also
4 External links

Types [edit]

Types of gates include:

Baby gate
City gate
Hampshire gate
Kissing gate
Lych gate
Mon (architecture), Japanese gates of many varieties including the Torii
Turnstile
automatic gate

Gallery [edit]

This gate does not prevent entry but clearly suggests a borderline
A small but elegant gate to a meadow path
Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence
Wringin Lawang, a 14th century Majapahit split gate in Trowulan
Richly decorated Balinese temple gate
This gate at Columbia University was closed to prevent entry of protesters
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

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gates

Photos and locations of gates and stiles in Britain

v t e Rooms and spaces of a house

Shared residential rooms	Billiard room Bonus room Common room Den Dining room Ell Family room Garret Great room Hearth room Home office Kitchen Kitchenette Private library Living room Home cinema Man cave Recreation room Shrine Study Sunroom

Spaces	Alcove Atrium Balcony Breezeway Conversation pit Corridor Deck Elevator Entryway / Genkan Foyer Hallway Loft Loggia Patio Porch Ramp Secret passage Sleeping porch Stairway Terrace Veranda Vestibule

Utility and storage	Attic Basement Box Room / Carport Cloakroom Closet Electrical room Equipment room Furnace room / Boiler room Garage Janitorial closet Larder Laundry room / Utility room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Spear closet Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Workshop Wine cellar Wiring closet / Demarcation point

Private rooms	Bathroom Bedroom / Guest room Boudoir Cabinet Jack and Jill bathroom Nursery Suite Walk-in closet Toilet (room)

Great house areas	Ballroom Butler's pantry Buttery Conservatory Courtyard Drawing room Fainting room Great chamber Great hall Long gallery Lumber room Parlour Pedway / Skyway Porte-cochère Salon Saucery Scullery Servants' hall Servants' quarters Smoking room Solar Spicery State room Still room Swimming pool Undercroft

Other	Building Furniture House plan Single-family detached home Multi-family residential Secondary suite

Architectural elements	Arch Baluster Ceiling Colonnade Column Floor Gate Lighting Medaillon Ornament Portico Vault Roof

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