GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY OF TABRIZ IN TERMS OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AS WELL AS PLACING ON THE WAY OF SILK ROAD, NEED TO SECURE THE CITY AND PROPERTIES OF TRADERS, ALL CAUSED THAT THE RULERS OF THAT ERA WOULD BUILD TOWERS AND WALLS FOR THIS CITY IN THREE HISTORICAL PERIODS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF FOREIGNERS, ABUSERS AND THE SPIES INTO PRIVACY OF THE CITY.THE GATES THAT HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AS THRESHOLD PLACES FOR CROSSING AND PASSAGE IN THE OLD CITY, ARE TRANSFORMED PHYSICALLY BY COLLAPSING FENCES IN THE NEW CITY. BUT, THEIR PLACES ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDING OF COLLECTIVE MEMORIES OF THE CITIZENS AND CAN CAUSE READABILITY OF THE CITY AND EXPRESS THE CIVIC IDENTITY. IN THIS PAPER AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF HISTORICAL GATES AND ROLES OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN OLD URBAN SPACES AND THEIR PLACES IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.