City gates of Paris


While Paris is encircled by the Boulevard Périphérique, the city gates of Paris are the access points to the city for pedestrians and other road users. As Paris has had successive ring roads through the centuries, city gates are found inside modern-day Paris.

The city gates of today

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North-east

18e">18th arrondissement of Paris">18e est

20e">20th arrondissement of Paris">20e

13e">13th arrondissement of Paris">13e

16e">16th arrondissement of Paris">16e

17e">17th arrondissement of Paris">17e

After the construction of the Wall of the Farmers-General in 1785, the gates of Paris bore the names barriers until 1860 They were, in fact, toll gates used for collection of the octroi, an excise tax assessed on goods entering the city. Some of the toll booths built by Ledoux remain at: