Gate of Trajan
The Gate of Trajan or Trajan's Gate is a historic mountain pass near Ihtiman, Bulgaria. In antiquity, the pass was called Succi. Later it was named 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.
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 760 metres
- Description: historic mountain pass in Sofia Province, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Succi”, “Succorum Angustiae”, “Trayanova Vrata”, “Trayanovi Vrata”, “Troyanovŭ Vorota Pereval”, “Паланката”, “Траянови врати”, “Траяновы врата”, “Троянові ворота”, “Трояновы ворота”, and “トラヤヌスの門”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Momin Prohod and Mirovo.
Momin Prohod
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Gate of Trajan
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Kostenets, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.35° or 42° 21′ north
Longitude
23.93333° or 23° 56′ east
Elevation
760 metres (2,493 feet)
Open location code
8GJ58WXM+X8
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Gate of Trajan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Trajanoren Atea”
- Bulgarian: “Trayanov Prohod”
- Bulgarian: “Траянов проход”
- Bulgarian: “Траянови врата”
- Cebuano: “Trayanov Prokhod”
- French: “porte de Trajan”
- French: “Porte de Trajan”
- Greek: “Πύλη του Τραϊανού”
- Hebrew: “שער טראיאנוס”
- Italian: “Porte di Traiano”
- Japanese: “トラヤヌス門”
- Macedonian: “Трајанова порта”
- Polish: “Wrota Trajana”
- Portuguese: “Porta de Trajano”
- Romanian: “Poarta lui Traian”
- Romanian: “Porțile lui Traian”
- Russian: “Траяновы ворота”
- Russian: “Траяновы Ворота”
- Serbian: “Трајанова врата”
- Slovenian: “Trajanova vrata”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Trajano”
- Swedish: “Trajanov prochod”
- Turkish: “Trayan Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Траянові ворота”
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