The Gate of Trajan or Trajan's Gate (Bulgarian: Траянови врата, Trayanovi vrata) is a historic mountain pass near Ihtiman, Bulgaria. It was named so after Roman Emperor Trajan, on whose order a fortress by the name of Stipon was constructed on the hill over the pass, as a symbolic border between the provinces of Thrace and Macedonia.
Location:
- Bulgaria, Shumanska
- geo:42.356964,23.922663
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Castle
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=29636
Annotations
Nearby
Soneio-Stipon
Road Station
Battle of the Gates of Trajan (986 AD)
Battle of the Gates of Trajan (986 AD)
Eledschika (2 km)
Eledschika