Porte Dauphine, La Rochelle, City gate in La Rochelle, France

The Porte Dauphine is a single-arch stone gate built of light grey blocks, framed by pilasters and topped with a triangular pediment. Two tall red-brick panels are set into the front face on either side of the arch. Above the arch, a carved relief shows a sunburst and figures, with a dark rectangular plaque below the pediment.

The Porte Dauphine was built between 1694 and 1697 by the engineer François Ferry, under Louis XIV. It was classified as a monument historique by decree of 14 June 1909. The corps de garde that surrounded the gate was demolished when the avenue de la Porte-Dauphine was cut through after the First World War.

The gate carries a Latin inscription praising Louis XIV, paired with a carved sunburst on the pediment, a royal emblem. The Corps de garde that once stood around it was demolished when the avenue de la Porte-Dauphine was cut through after the First World War, so the gate now stands free of its former guardhouse.

The gate stands on avenue de la Porte-Dauphine, where the former guardhouse was demolished after the First World War to drive the avenue through. Approach on foot from the avenue side to read the plaque and the sunburst relief above the arch; the low metal railing on the right marks the edge of the passage.

The gate carries a Latin inscription praising Louis XIV beneath a triangular pediment with a carved sunburst. The corps de garde that once surrounded it was demolished when the avenue de la Porte-Dauphine was cut through after the First World War.