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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Gate, Chalke, Gatepost, Itsukushima Shrine, Golden Gate, Kiev, Gates of Belgrade, The Gates of Hell, Gate Church of the Trinity, Michael's Gate, Gates of the Temple Mount, Canada Gate and Canada Memorial, Gates of Tashkent, Pylon, St. Florian's Gate, Pisek Gate, Iberian Gate and Chapel, Munttoren, Torana, Gate of Dawn, Old Gate, Laurinc Gate, Green Gate, Amsterdamse Poort, Brandenburg Gate, Mandelbaum Gate, Cleopatra's Gate, King's Gate, Porte, Genex Tower, Sackheim Gate, Rayan, Memorial gates and arches, Alamgiri Gate, Bent entrance, Powder Tower, Armorial Gate, Catherine's Gate, Graach Gate, Rossgarten Gate, Pan Gate, Gate operator, Portas do Cerco, Warren's Gate, Monkodonja, Nesactium, Gates of Homs, Zijlpoort, Bab, chei Gate, Sendlinger Tor, Amsterdam Gate, Jakarta, Gate of Spalen, Assassins' Gate, Hlyniany Gate, Bab Saadoun, Gate of Saint John, Brama M y ska in Stargard Szczeci ski, Gate of Saint Alban, Burgtor, Bab el Khadra, Gate of Ashes, Eastern Gate, Rhine Gate, Gate of Blaise. Excerpt: The Chalke Gate (Greek: ), was the main ceremonial entrance (vestibule) to the Great Palace of Constantinople in the Byzantine period. The name, which means "the Bronze Gate," was given to it either because of the bronze portals or from the gilded bronze tiles used in its roof. The interior was lavishly decorated with marble and mosaics, and the exterior facade featured a number of statues. Most prominent was an icon of Christ which became a major iconodule symbol during the Byzantine Iconoclasm, and a chapel dedicated to the Christ Chalkites was erected in the 10th century next to the gate. The gate itself seems to have been demolished in the 13th century, but the chapel survived until the early 19th century. The gate lay on the southeastern corner of the Augustaion, the main ceremonial plaza of the city, with the Hagia S...
