Red Gate (Augsburg)

Together with the bridge, the front gate, the bastion and the city moat, the Red Gate forms the so-called “Red Gate Wall System”. Large parts of these defensive structures have been preserved to this day. The Augsburg open-air stage is located in this beautiful setting today.

Wikipedia (Red Gate (Augsburg), 2023-10-04):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotes_Tor_%28Augsburg%29
“The Red Gate (formerly also called Spitaltor or Haunstetter Tor) …”
Wikipedia (list of architectural monuments in Augsburg, 2023-10-04):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Augsburg
Wikipedia (list of architectural monuments in Augsburg-Lechviertel, eastern Ulrichsviertel, 2023-10-04):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Augsburg-Lechviertel,_Eastern_Ulrichsviertel#D-7-61-000-60
“Red Gate... Erected over a Gothic building, square substructure with pointed archways, upper floor with rounded corners, pilaster structure and horizontal plaster bands, tent roof with lantern, by Elias Holl, 1622
Front gate, low gate building with a tent roof and barrel-vaulted passage, 1545/46
Wall bastion with arched casemates, 1611
Red gate wall and wall as well as parts of the city wall, 1545/46
Bridge in front of the Red Gate, two-story with six arches, marked “1777”
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Wikipedia (Augsburg city fortifications, 2023-10-04):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburger_Stadtbefestigung

The Red Gate with the other associated fortifications is a beautiful and impressive part of the old city fortifications.