City gates of Paris
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While Paris is encircled by the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road), the city gates of Paris ("portes de Paris") are the access points to the city for pedestrians and other road users. As Paris has had successive ring roads through the centuries, city gates are found inside the modern-day Paris.
The city gates of today[]
(List of city gates created during the extension of Paris in 1860 and which have left their mark on the city map. The gates are listed in clockwise sequence starting in the north at la Route Nationale 1.)
North-east[]
18e est[]
- Porte de la Chapelle : route nationale 1, autoroute A1
19e[]
- :
- : route nationale 2
- : route nationale 3
- Porte des Lilas
East[]
20e[]
- Porte des Lilas
- : autoroute A3
- :
12e[]
- Porte de Vincennes :
- Porte Dorée or "Porte de Picpus"
- : route nationale 6
- : autoroute A4
South (rive gauche)[]
13e[]
- Porte de Choisy :
- Porte d'Italie : route nationale 7
14e[]
- Porte d'Orléans : route nationale 20
15e[]
West[]
16e[]
- : route nationale 10
- Porte Molitor
- : autoroute A13
- Porte Dauphine
North-west[]
17e[]
- Porte Maillot : route nationale 13
- Porte de Clichy
18e[]
- Porte de Clignancourt : route nationale 14
Ancient gates of Paris[]
- Porte Saint-Denis along the trace of the enceinte of Charles V.
- Porte Saint-Martin along the trace of the enceinte of Charles V.
After the construction of the Wall of the Farmers-General in 1785, the gates of Paris bore the names barriers (barrières) until 1860 (e.g. barrière de la Villette, barrière du Trône, barrière d'Italie, etc.) They were, in fact, toll gates used for collection of the octroi, an excise tax assessed on goods entering the city. Some of the toll booths built by Ledoux remain at:
- rotunda of the Place de Stalingrad
- Place du Trône
- Place Denfert-Rochereau (formerly barrière d'Enfer)
See also[]
- Boulevards in Paris
- Paris-related lists
- Fortifications of Paris
- City gates in Paris