Porte Royale, La Rochelle, Monumental gate in La Rochelle, France.

The Porte Royale is a monumental gate of light beige stone, its facade carried by four attached Tuscan columns with roughly textured shafts and plain capitals. A round arch over the entrance frames a panel with three fleur-de-lis beneath a crown, and a stone panel across the top reads "PORTE ROYALE". Dark red wooden double doors close the round-arched doorway, their upper halves latticed and the right leaf pierced by a small rectangular window.

The Porte Royale was the north-east opening of François Ferry's fortifications, built between 1706 and 1723 on a design by architect Pierre Bullet dated 1706, and it carried the road toward Niort and Limoges. Work was halted several times; the lieutenant-general of the kingdom stopped construction, leaving the inner facade with columns only at half height. The building was classified as a monument historique on 25 April 1974.

The gate's name comes from its role as the north-east opening of François Ferry's fortifications, on the road to Niort and Limoges. Since 2013 the association Les Amis de la Porte Royale has restored it, and from June to October it opens to the public for cultural events.

The gate stands at the north-eastern edge of the old fortifications, where the road once led towards Niort and Limoges. A half-moon outwork sits in front of the main gate, so walk round to see its four Tuscan columns, entablature and triangular pediment. Restoration by Les Amis de la Porte Royale ran from 2013 to 2022; the gate opens to the public through cultural events from June to October.

The half-moon outwork in front of the gate is decorated with four Tuscan columns, an entablature and a triangular pediment carved with a sun framed by cornucopias. This decorative programme, unlike the plain outer facade, survives from the 1723 design by René Jacob de Tigné.