Designed to defend the city from Turkish armies, the metal-shrouded doors hadn’t been moved in 500 years until the restoration began in 1998. Refuse lay three feet deep around the gate.

The optical illusion was created by world-renowned chalk artist Julian Beever offering a fascinating window into Welsh ...

It’s doubtful, however, that those who passed through the Broad Gate in 1459 would immediately recognise the building today. Although the medieval form of the gatehouse with its flanking drum towers ...

For the past four months I have lived next door to a holy shrine, a chapel built into a medieval gatehouse. The structure is the last surviving gate in the defensive wall that once ringed the city ...

The gate, in an area known locally as Swan's Gate, is believed to date from the early 14th century. Most of the original town wall of Athenry, which is surrounded by a moat, is still standing, and ...

The placement of the child’s body also made the location of her burial seem significant. The girl’s body was put in a pit that had previously held a large wooden post for the entry gate of an ...

World Rare half-ton statue — once guarding medieval gate — unearthed in France. See it By Irene Wright July 1, 2025 1:06 PM ...

World Rare half-ton statue — once guarding medieval gate — unearthed in France. See it By Irene Wright July 1, 2025 1:06 PM ...

World Rare half-ton statue — once guarding medieval gate — unearthed in France. See it By Irene Wright July 1, 2025 10:06 AM ...