Hohe Pforte
The southern gate of the Roman city wall, through which the cardo maximus ran – today preserved only as a street name.
The Hohe Pforte (Latin porta alta) was the southern gate of the Roman city wall in the southern old town, through which the cardo maximus – the north-south main axis of the Roman city – ran.
At a glance
- Era
- Roman antiquity (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium)
- Function
- south gate on the cardo maximus, towards Bonn
- Status
- not preserved
- Today
- the street Hohe Pforte bears the name
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-24
Note
Cologne's Roman city wall had nine gates. The Hohe Pforte owed its name to a small hill on which it stood raised. The gate is not preserved; we keep the entry for Roman city history. Visible traces of Roman Cologne can be found at the Romano-Germanic Museum.
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Hohe Pforte
50676 Köln
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