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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pass with an elevation of 760 metres
- Description: historic mountain pass in Sofia Province, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Trayanova Vrata”, “Trayanovi Vrata”, and “Troyanovŭ Vorota Pereval”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Momin Prohod and Mirovo.
Momin Prohod
Town
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Momin Prohod is a health resort and spa located in western Bulgaria. It is part of the Kostenets Municipality in the Sofia Province, about 70 km from the city of Sofia. Momin Prohod is situated 5 km west of Gate of Trajan.
Mirovo
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mirovo is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Gate of Trajan.
Gorno Varshilo
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gorno Varshilo is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Gate of Trajan.
Gate of Trajan
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Kostenets, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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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: “Паланката”
- Bulgarian: “Траянов проход”
- Bulgarian: “Траянови врата”
- Bulgarian: “Траянови врати”
- Cebuano: “Trayanov Prokhod”
- French: “porte de Trajan”
- French: “Porte de Trajan”
- Greek: “Πύλη του Τραϊανού”
- Hebrew: “שער טראיאנוס”
- Italian: “Porte di Traiano”
- Japanese: “トラヤヌスの門”
- 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”
- Russian: “Траяновы врата”
- Russian: “Трояновы ворота”
- Serbian: “Трајанова врата”
- Slovenian: “Trajanova vrata”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Trajano”
- Swedish: “Trajanov prochod”
- Turkish: “Trayan Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Траянові ворота”
- Ukrainian: “Троянові ворота”
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