Named after the porte de Vincennes, the gate towards Vincennes.
This gate of the Thiers wall stood on the road, lined with a double row of elms, that Louis XIV created in 1660 from the château de Vincennes to the Arc-de-triomphe du Trône. Inside Paris this road is the cours de Vincennes, named after the town it leads to; beyond the gate, the avenue de la Porte-de-Vincennes leads to Saint-Mandé.