Old Gate (Speyer)
The Old Gate (Altpoertel) is the medieval west city gate of Speyer. One of an original total of 68 towers in the old walls and gates. Today it is one of the largest (55 metres high) and most architecturally significant of the remaining city gates in Germany.
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