City gates of Paris

As Paris has had successive ring roads through the centuries, city gates are found inside the modern-day Paris.

(List of city gates created during the extension of Paris in 1860 and which have left their mark on the city map.

The gates are listed in clockwise sequence starting in the north at la Route Nationale 1.)

They were, in fact, toll gates used for collection of the octroi, an excise tax assessed on goods entering the city.

Some of the toll booths built by Ledoux remain at: