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Iron Gate (other)
Iron Gate, or Iron Gates may refer to: * Gates of Alexander, iron gates built by Alexander the Great * Iron Gates (Algeria), a pass through the Bibans mountains in Algeria * Iron Gate Pass, a gorge in central Xinjiang, People's Republic of China * Iron Gate (Central Asia), a defile between Balkh and Samarkand * Iron Gates is a gorge on the Danube River, forming part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania * Iron Gate (Diocletian's Palace) * Iron-Gate Square (Warsaw) * Iron Gate, Virginia, a small town located in Alleghany County, Virginia * Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (Romania, Serbia) * Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station (Romania, Serbia) * Iron Gate III Hydroelectric Power Station (Serbia) * Iron Gate, one of the Gates of the Temple Mount * Iron Gates, a section of Samariá Gorge, Crete * '' Cairo Station'', a 1958 Egyptian film also known as ''The Iron Gate'' * Iron Gate AB, the developer of the video game '' Valheim'' * Żelazna Brama (neighbourhood) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gates Of Alexander
The Gates of Alexander were a legendary barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the uncivilized barbarians of the north (typically associated with Gog and Magog in medieval Christian and Islamic writings) from invading the land to the south. The gates were a popular subject in medieval travel literature, starting with the '' Alexander Romance'' in a version from perhaps the 7th century AD. The wall, also known as the Caspian Gates, has been identified with two locations: the Pass of Derbent, Russia, or with the Pass of Dariel, a gorge forming a pass between Russia and Georgia with the Caspian Sea to the east. Tradition also connects it to the Great Wall of Gorgan (Red Snake) on its south-eastern shore. These fortifications were historically part of the defence lines built by the Sassanid Persians, while the Great Wall of Gorgan may have been built by the Parthians. A similar narration about such a wall is mentioned in ''al-Kahf'' ("''The Cave''" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Gate III Hydroelectric Power Station
Iron Gate III or Đerdap III ( sr, Ђердап III) is a planned Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, pumped storage power station on the Danube in Serbia, near the village of Dobra (Golubac), Dobra in the Golubac municipality. It would be the third Iron Gates, Iron Gate power station, after Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station, Iron Gate I in 1972 and Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station, Iron Gate II in 1985. Unlike the first two, which were joint projects of Yugoslavia and Romania, the Iron Gate III would lie entirely on Serbian territory. Original project Plans for the power station were drafted in 1973 by the Energoprojekt holding and Jaroslav Černi Institute. The village of Dobra, in the Golubac municipality, at the Danube's , was chosen as the construction site. Iron Gate III was planned as a pumped hydro station, which would pump water into several uphill reservoirs on the Brodica, Pesača and Železnički Potok localities. The tunnels were to lift water from an al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
