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In the early 20th century, some of the ornamentation in the archways was removed so as to enable trams to pass through the gate. The lunette outside the gate was subsequently demolished to make way for a new road, while the ramparts on either side of the gate were demolished in the 1930s to cope with
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bus skidded into it and two other buses later crashed into the first bus and 22 passengers were injured. However the damaged part of the gate was repaired a few days later.
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in June 1798. At this point the
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the increasing volume of traffic. These alterations resulted in the gate losing its legibility as part of the
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The gate is occasionally open to the public, such as in
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for passing vehicles. On 24 October 2012, there was some damage when an
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inscriptions. The plaque on the right side of the gate reads:
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