Elizabethan Gate

These low stone gates made of plastered bricks are installed before the reconstructed historical descent to the Ural River. The gate is crowned with a bas-relief depicting the state emblem of the Russian Empire surrounded by military paraphernalia - banners, axes, guns and cannonballs. In the middle of the coat of arms are the initials of Empress Elizabeth and the date is 1755. In addition to these ornaments, in niches on both sides of the gate there are two angels holding a shield and a palm branch in their hands.

This gate is a reconstruction of the old gates of the city rampart, called Water or Elizabethan. The city received them as the highest gift from Empress Elizabeth Petrovna to the Governor of the Orenburg Territory I.I. Neplyuev as a reward for suppressing the Bashkir rebellion. Initially, the gates were installed on the site of the modern intersection of Burzyantsev and Maxim Gorky streets, near the road from the city to the Menovoy Dvor. Subsequently, it was postponed several times.

In 2008, the Elizabethan Gate was rebuilt on a historical foundation based on surviving drawings and photographs. The bas-reliefs that adorned the gate were preserved, but for the sake of safety were replaced by exact copies.