lion's gate

The first wall around the City was built in the 1760s, the second in 1814, and the last in 1920. This was demolished in 1957 but its five gates were left standing as monuments to the past. These are Maqsab Gate ( by the Seif down from the Sheraton Hotel) Jahra Gate (inside the roundabout at the bottom of Fahd Al-Salem Street), Shamiya Gate (at the start of Riyadh Street), Beraisi Gate (at the end of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Street), and Bneid Al-Qar Gate (in Bneid Al-Qar), in the green belt between Soor Street and the 1st Ring Road.