Gate sights in Athens
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Sacred Gate & Dipylon Gate
Inside the Temple of Hephaestus are the Sacred and Dipylon Gates, where the remains of the city wall is broken by their foundations. The Sacred Gate spanned the Sacred Way and was the one by which pilgrims from Eleusis entered the city during the annual Eleusian procession. The Dipylon Gate was the city's main entrance and where the Panathenaic procession began. It was also the stamping ground of the city's prostitutes, who gathered there to offer their services to jaded travellers.
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