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Three gates on deep blue: a Fatimid gate with twin rounded stone towers and a round arch, an Almohad gate of grey stone with a horseshoe arch in concentric bands within a rectangular frame, and a Qajar gate faced in turquoise, yellow and pink tiles with four domed turrets.
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City Gates

No. 60 of 100 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThree gates on deep blue: a Fatimid gate with twin rounded stone towers and a round arch, an Almohad gate of grey stone with a horseshoe arch in concentric bands within a rectangular frame, and a Qajar gate faced in turquoise, yellow and pink tiles with four domed turrets.

What it meansCity gates were the public face of a city. Bab al-Futuh in Cairo is a Fatimid gate with rounded towers, Bab Agnaou in Marrakesh is an Almohad horseshoe-arched gate, and the gates of Qajar Iran, such as those of Qazvin, were clad in bright tiles.

Where it worksA bold, colourful plate for an entrance, a hallway or a living room.

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