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Lach Gates

Coordinates: 50°27′03″N 30°31′23″E / 50.450935°N 30.522966°E / 50.450935; 30.522966
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Full view of Lach Gates, 2013

Lach Gates (Template:Lang-uk) at Independence Square in Kiev is a monument built in 2001 and commemorated to one of the Medieval Kiev city gates. At the top of the gates is a sculpture of Archangel Michael which is the city's symbol.

The gates were located in the former city's Polish quarter located in the southeast side of Kiev. According to Primary Chronicle, in 1240 the Lach Gates became the main fortification where Batu Khan concentrated his main assault during the 1240 siege of Kiev. Lach gates are one of three known gates of the Medieval Kiev (Old Kyiv), other being the Golden Gate and the Jewish (Lviv) Gates.

History

The first mention of the gates is traced to 1151 during the confrontation between princes of Kiev (Iziaslav II) and Suzdal (George the Long-Armed).[1]

References

  1. ^ Lach Gates at the WEK encyclopedic Kiev city portal

50°27′03″N 30°31′23″E / 50.450935°N 30.522966°E / 50.450935; 30.522966

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