En un regard
Le château en bref
Cadène Gate is one of the town gates of the medieval fortifications of Alet-les-Bains. According to the Mérimée listing, the town was surrounded by walls and ditches by Abbot Pons Amelii, who led the abbey of Alet from 1167 to 1197. The gate takes the form of a rectangular mass linked to the ramparts; its passage is covered by a fairly high round-arched vault and surmounted by a machicolation spanning the full width of the passage. An arch, added at the level of the piers, has reduced the height of the passage, and the structure is truncated above the vault. Listed as a monument historique by decree of 21 September 1932, it belongs to the commune.