Sabbionara Rampart, Chania

Sabbionara Rampart also called the Sand Gate, is the North-Eastern and the only one that has survived to this day of the three gates of the second (outer) Venetian wall of Chania, which began to be built at the beginning of the 16th century and ended in 1590. Named by the Venetians Sabionera (Sand Gate) because of the sandy beach that existed there. The gate was closed with an imposing castle door made of thick wood and iron lining.

Championara was destroyed in 1645 during the siege of the city of Chania by the Turks who later took care to rebuild it but with smaller dimensions to be more easily protected from enemy raids, and they named it Kum-Kapisi which in Turkish again means "Gate of Sand". The entire wider area, which houses a significant part of the city's night life, is known nowadays as "Kum Kapi".

The bastion next to which the gate is located bears the name of the Venetian Mocenigo and is built in the sea, its southern side is decorated with an emblem with the lion of Saint Mark, coat of arms and the date 1591.

South of the gate are the remains of the Sampionara bastion which was destroyed by bombing during the second world war.