Porte de la Citadelle, Renaissance city gate in Nancy, France

Porte de la Citadelle is a stone gate featuring Renaissance architecture in Nancy that connects the Old Town to a residential area. The structure displays defensive design elements with openings and reinforced walls built to secure a former fortification system.

The gate was built in 1598 as Nancy was developing from a fortified city into a larger settlement. The French government recognized its historical value and protected it through monument classification in 1910.

Originally called Porte Notre-Dame, the gate was renamed for the citadel it served as entrance. Its north side holds an 1863 statue of Duke Charles III by Giorné Viard, and a hidden door nearby leads onto the old rampart, a medieval garden since the 1990s.

The gate stands on Citadel Street and serves as a passage between two city areas; nearby is a garden built on the former rampart grounds that invites exploration. Access is straightforward on foot, and the surroundings are open and freely accessible.

A hidden door in the Citadelle garden leads up onto the old rampart, which since the 1990s has held a small medieval garden. On the north side stands an 1863 statue of Duke Charles III by Giorné Viard. The gate was first called Porte Notre-Dame.