Egyptian Gates in Tsarskoe Selo, Monumental gate in Pushkin, Russia.

The Egyptian Gates are a monumental gate in Pushkin consisting of two stone guard towers shaped like Egyptian pylons and covered with cast iron plates. The structure sits at the intersection of Palace Street, October Boulevard, and Petersburg Highway, marking the entrance to the town from Saint Petersburg.

Emperor Nicholas I approved the construction project in 1826, leading to completion in 1830 under architect Adam Menelaus's direction. The project emerged as part of Tsarskoe Selo's redevelopment and reflects the European fascination with Egyptian motifs during that era.

The outer walls carry 30 cast-iron relief scenes from Egyptian mythology, each repeated four times on the pylons. Paired figures of Osiris with the nemes headdress and papyrus crown face front, while the goddess Maat with spread wings appears on the sides. The reliefs were modeled by Vasily Demut-Malinovsky after drawings from the French album Description de l'Égypte.

The gates stand where Palace Street, October Boulevard and Petersburg Highway meet, at the entrance to Alexander Park from the former Bolshoye Kuzmino settlement. Since the 1980s restoration the roadway passes around the structure rather than through it, so the pylons can be viewed from the surrounding pavement. The towers have three internal floors lit only by small windows.

One of the two guard towers served as living quarters for a watchman until 1985, with no running water in the structure. This daily use of what appears as an artistic monument shows the practical role the building fulfilled for decades.