Porte d'Arras

Douai, Nord, France

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Designation: Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection: inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection: Vestiges de la porte et les fossés qui l'entourent : inscription par arrêté du 2 novembre 1945
Protection dates: 1945/11/02 : inscrit MH
Type: porte de ville
Main period of construction: 14e siècle
Ownership: propriété de la commune
Commune: Douai
Département: Nord
Region: Hauts-de-France
Country: France
Coordinates: 50.36596, 3.07059
Mérimée reference: PA00107485

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(49) Artois. Atrebatum Regionis." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0

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