Old Gateway (Roman Arch), Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
4.0 (59 reviews) Spent Ranking #15 in Rijeka Ancient Ruins
The Roman walk
The Old Gateway or Roman Arch is not a Roman arch as was once presumed, but was in fact the main entrance to the central compound of the Roman Tarsatica in late antiquity, an ancient town on whose ruins medieval Rijeka was built. The instincts of Rijeka’s populace in calling this ancient monument simply the Gateway have been proved right, the epithet Roman Arch being gradually accepted since Classicism, when it started to be documented and researched. This Principia was the main centre, supply base and the starting point of the Alpine enclosure, composed of scores of kilometers of protective walls, turrets, guard-houses and larger fortifications usually on high ground which were able to signal to one another, all built with the aim of blocking barbarian incursions towards Italy, the centre of the Roman Empire.
Address
Ulica Stara vrata, Rijeka 51000 Croatia
Website
http://www.visitrijeka.hr/Sto
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 12:08
User Ratings
4.0 based on (59 reviews)
Reviews
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5NadezhdaMateva 5:00 PM Jun 22, 2016
Must to see
Beautiful Roman Arch with pleasant plaza with some bars hidden behind the City tower.The Old Gateway or Roman Arch is not a Roman triumphal arch, as was once presumed, but a representative main entrance to the centre of the Late Antique command compound of the Roman Tarsatica, an ancient town on whose ruins the medieval Rijeka was built.
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3Urius 5:00 PM Dec 29, 2020
a tiny piece of rome
It's a very tiny piece of Roman architecture than remains here in Rijeka. It's only an arch. It's worth walking through the alleys to find it, but it will only be worth a photo and couple minutes at most. As an attraction its not very interesting. As a historian I enjoyed seeing and touching the stones but even I found it a bit average.
