Iron Gate (Diocletian's Palace)

The Iron Gate
Native name
Zlatna vrata (Croatian)
View of The Iron Gate from 2013, Photo by Mark Ahsmann
TypeGatehouse
LocationSplit, Croatia
Coordinates43°30′31″N 16°26′21″E / 43.50861°N 16.43917°E / 43.50861; 16.43917
Built4th century AD
Built byDiocletian
Architectural style(s)Roman
Location of The Iron Gate in Croatia

The Iron Gate (Croatian: Željezna vrata, Latin: Porta ferrea), or "the Western Gate", is one of the four principal Roman gates into the stari grad (old town) of Split that was once Diocletian's Palace. Originally a military gate from which troops entered the complex, the gate is the only one to have remained in continuous use to the present day.