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Checkout The Ongoing Construction Of Gateway City Gate At Sagamu Interchange (PHOTOS)
The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, and some of his commissioners inspected the ongoing monument which is the Remodelled Gateway City Gate situated around Sagamu Interchange.
The edifice is expected to give travelers and visitors a sight to see and relax, as they journey in and out of Abeokuta, the State Capital.
The monument is being constructed by GCG construction. Here are photos from the inspection as obtained by AutoReportNG
What Is City Gate?
According to Wikipedia, City gates were traditionally built to provide a point of controlled access to and departure from a walled city for people, vehicles, goods, and animals. Depending on their historical context they filled functions relating to defense, security, health, trade, taxation, and representation, and were correspondingly staffed by military or municipal authorities.
The city gate was also commonly used to display diverse kinds of public information such as announcements, tax and toll schedules, standards of local measures, and legal texts. It could be heavily fortified, ornamented with heraldic shields, sculptures, or inscriptions, or used as a location for warning or intimidation, for example by displaying the heads of beheaded criminals or public enemies.
City gates, in one form or another, can be found across the world in cities dating back to ancient times to around the 19th century.
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