Vintage Delft received city status in 1246. Among other privileges, the city status was given to the Delft right to build a fortress wall. Several centuries it protected the city, and in the nineteenth century were demolished last fragments of the city's fortifications. The only thing that reminds us of the existence of the wall is the East gate, which once was called the gate of St. Catherine.

All gates in the city wall was nine. The Eastern gate was built around 1400, and represent a fine example of the so-called "brick Gothic", typical of Northern Europe. Two interconnected towers protect the entrance to the city, powerful walls are loopholes, allowing you to attack the attackers. In 1546 the towers were built and adorned with sharp spikes. Since then, the silhouette of the double towers is a hallmark of Delft. Many artists who lived in Delft, portrayed them in their paintings.

When in Delft raged the Great fire of 1536, the gate was far from the epicenter and was not injured, have mercy upon them and the explosion of the gunpowder warehouses in 1654. The wall connects the Eastern gate Water gate through which you could also get to the city and which can also be overridden.

Now the towers are arranged residential Studio apartments, first there were two of them, then joined them into a single, part of the areas given over to the exhibition hall.

The two towers of the East gate as if in common with the two towers of the Church. Mary nearby.