Abstract:

Since the early ages people have constructed city walls around settlements for protection. City gates were also built on the city walls to provide access to and departure from a walled city. These gates were protected with towers or city walls in line with the topography of the site. As there was no longer a need for defense, structures of defense, especially city gates, were demolished. Likewise, city gates of Bursa were also demolished as a part of road-broadening works. However, some of the city gates have recently been reconstructed. This study sheds a light on characteristics of city gates of Bursa and the related conservation methods and the reconstruction of the Taht-ı Castle Gate

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