Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Royal Hill of Ambohimanga' has mentioned 'Gate' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Gateways into Ambohimanga include the main gate Ambatomitsanaga, which features a traditional stone disc door (vavahady), and a natural passageway called Ambavahaditsiombiomby believed to be the most ancient entrance to the site. | WIKI |
| [25] The largest and principal gate is also the most well-preserved and is known as Ambatomitsangana ("standing stone"). | WIKI |
| [9] This form of gate (vavahady in the Malagasy language), typical of most walled royal villages of Imerina built between 1525 and 1897, protected the villagers from marauders. | WIKI |
| [14] In the late 18th century Andrianampoinimerina replaced the Ambavahadiantandranomasina gate with another made of wood instead of stone and renamed it Ambavahadimasina. | WIKI |
| The red soil inside the gate and a series of wooden boards that paneled the approach to the gate were both considered sacred, and soldiers or others who anticipated a voyage away from Imerina would take handfuls of the soil and pieces of the wooden boards with them before departing in the belief that it would ensure their safe return. | WIKI |
| [31] The court was Christianized by Ranavalona II in 1869,[32] and a small chapel was built outside the city's eastern gate,[33] but a permanent church at Ambohimanga was not built until 1883. | WIKI |