Walking across the Bern Bridge coming from Place de Petite St. Jean if you turn left onto Route des Neigles you will soon arrive at the approaches to the Bern Gate, a significant structure that was so critical in the defensive fortifications of the old city. You can still see the old doors and a portion of the draw bridge, when you walk through the gate you get a sense of the strength of the gate, it’s enormous!The Bern Gate dates to the 13th Century and was expanded during the 14th Century, made higher. About that same time the Cats Tower was built to strengthen the defensive integrity of the walls and you can see it standing today just up the hill a little ways from the gate.
A little further up the hill you see the Red Tower, yet another of the towers built here but this one constructed about the same time that the gate was built.