Commons:Photo challenge/2026 - March - Town entrances

2026 – March – Town entrances

The new challenge features Town entrances including signs naming the town.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout March UTC.

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Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. March 2026 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

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Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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Examples

Vordersdorf, Austria
Oerbke, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Petersgroden, Germany
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Colonia Okinawa, Bolivia
Barut, Poland
Recuerda, Spain
Banff, Canada

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Entrance to Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
The Saint-Louis Gate in Quebec City (Porte St-Louis), viewed from the city side.
La Porte royale de la commune française Entrevaux, construit en 1668, est située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Entry of town in Tallinn
Ancient city gate of Nantou Ancient City
The "GoldenTown"
Entry of the town for Yao ethnicity
Ancient Roman entrance to the town of Castelmola, Sicily
Entrance to Velyka Sevastianivka
Town entrance of Loker , in Belgium.
Town entrance of Banya, in Bulgaria.
Town entrance of Malibu California (USA).
Solitaire, Namibia
Castle Combe, England
Mięćmierz k-Kazimierz Dolny, Polska
Arco da Rua Augusta in Lissabon in der Adventszeit
Basseterre St. Kitts & Nevis cruice port
Town sign of the city of Stralsund with common buzzard, Stralsund, Germany
Town sign of Graal-Müritz, Germany
Town entrance of mining town Rosh Pinah, southern Namib desert, Namibia
Port entrance of La Rochelle with tower "Tour Saint-Nicolas", France
Das Stadttor "Porte Saint-Jean", das 1939 rekonstruiert wurde, ist eines der vier Stadttore der Altstadt von Québec/Kanada.
The Martinstor in the old town of Wangen im Allgäu (Germany), one of the four remaining city gates, built in 1347.
Das Stuttgart Sign auf der Königstrasse, aber seitenverkehrt
Entrance to Alhambra, Granada, Spain
A sign of livestock farm "Pravda" (former Soviet state farm named after the main Soviet newspaper) at the entrance to Kvashyonky settlement.
Entering Sords, Pla de l'Estany, Catalonia
Entering Sords by the medieval or the modern bridge, in Pla de l'Estany, Catalonia
Road to the city, sign, cyclist
Welcome to Las Vegas.- Nevada (USA)
Nauener Tor, entrance to historic town of Potsdam, Germany
Welcome to Perlis monument in Arau, Perlis (Malaysia)
Road sign for the village of Manychskoye, Stavropol Krai
The road to Biecz, Poland
The entrance road to Biecz, Poland
Entrance gate to Yashalta, Republic of Kalmykia
Cais de Colunas, the Quay of Lisbon
Cais de Colunas, the Quay of Lisbon
Cais de Colunas, the Quay of Lisbon
Cais de Colunas, the Quay of Lisbon
Gateway for Hillsboro Beach, Florida
South entrance to Serpukhov
Town Entrance in Fuxing Dist ,Taoyuan city (Formerly Fuxing Township, Taoyuan County)
Entrance sign of mound village Friens (indicating the speed limit)
Entrance to the Old Town of Murten
Hoya (Weser) entrance
Entrée de Paris par la rue Léon-Frapié depuis Les Lilas
Entrée de la commune du Pré-Saint-Gervais (93) depuis Paris par l'avenue de la Porte du Pré-Saint-Gervais
Entrée de la ville des Lilas venant de Paris, place de la Porte des Lilas
Entrée de la ville de Bagnolet venant de Paris par l'avenue Ibsen
Costa Teguise Spain Lanzarote
Town entrance of Ayer Hitam, in Johor state, Malaysia
Town entrance welcome sign for Lincoln City, Oregon
Entrance gate to the city of Elista, Republic of Kalmykia
Town entrance of Xinpu Township ,Hsinchu county. That is Taiwan township road limit between country road HS20 & district highway TY20 also the limit between Hsinchu county and Taoyuan city in Taiwan.
Gate of the Spitalbastei from 1616 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Klingentor, südliches Tor zur Heidelberger Altstadt, D.
Coltura, Bregaglia, CH, Zufahrt am Palazzo Castelmur.
Wirtschaftsweg in das Dorf Bockschaft im Kraichgau, D.
Rotenburg an der Fulda, Eingang in den historischen Teil der Stadt, D.
City entrance in Keelung city, Taiwan
Welcome to Wilbraham, Home of Friendly Ice Cream
No entry - "Don't lick, it's a traffic prohibition sign"
Lublin; Old Town; borders of the former ghetto
Początek SM "Czechów"; Osiedle H. Wieniawskiego w Lublinie, Poland
Sabat - Park Rozrywki i Miniatur; Krajno-Zagórze; Świętokrzyskie Poland
Welcome to Vulpera (Switzerland)
Rabindra Setu, a Western Gateway of Kolkata
Gateway sign for Underhill Center, Vermont
Entrance to Sosnówka, county Oleśnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
Entrance of Marigny in Jura department, France
Free Derry sign entering the bog side in Derry Northern Ireland
Entrance to Sandy Row Northern Ireland
Mural to enter loyalist controlled East Belfast
Mural to enter loyalist controlled East Belfast
Town entrance in Ruifang dist., New Taipei City
Erste Schritte in Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Frankreich
First steps in Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, France
Gate tower, St. Martin bridge, entrance to Medieval Toledo, Spain
Entrance Road to the village of Meavy near Yelverton, Devon, England
Entrance to Ottenheim during the 1150th anniversary celebrations
Entance to St. Martin, Pfalz, Germany
Entrance to Laus, Surselva, Graubuenden, Switzerland
Ort auf Bornholm
Entrance welcome sign for the old town section of Bandon, Oregon
Town entrance welcome sign for North Bend, Oregon
Historical town gate with a star in Benešov u Prahy, Czech Republic.
Gateway sign for Little Italy, Manhattan, NYC
Town entrance welcome sign for Berthoud, Colorado, United States of America
Entering Dauis from Tagbilaran City, Philippines
entrance to Görlitz (Germany) coming from Zgorzelec (Poland)
Entrance towards the European Parliament - Strasbourg

Entrance towards the European Parliament - Strasbourg
Welcome to Tschiertschen, Switzerland.
Entrance to Mikro Papingo, Greece
Archways from Ioannina castle.
Gate to enter Ioannina's castle.
Entering Brunswick Junction via Southwest Highway
Via di ingresso per Celleno, il paese in provincia di Viterbo, noto per le ciliegie
Gateway sign for Big Pine Key, Florida
Former airship hangar at the entrance to the town of Meudon
Former airship hangar at the entrance to the town of Meudon
City sign at the entrance to Valdez, AK
USA-Canada entrance on Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge
Hölingen, Germany
Entrance of Howrah City হাওড়া শহরের প্রবেশদ্বার
Carsassonne, Eingang nach der Porte de l'Aude (Frankreich)
Carsassonne, entrance after the Porte de l'Aude (France)
Goa through the Mopa Airport view
Einfahrt nach Helgoland mit dem Schiff
Entering Heligoland by ship
Coole Village County Westmeath, Ireland
Schwäbisch Gmünd von Osten, Germany
Entering Valletta
Entrance to Siena - the Roman Gate
First view while entering the town of Kastoria in Greece
San Gimignano welcome view
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