The Bronze Gate of Diocletian’s Palace (Croatian: Mjedena vrata, Latin: Porta Meridionalis) is one of the four entrances into the palace (the southern entrance). It was originally a sea gate that allowed the emperor to enter the palace by boat and have direct access to his apartments.
Since it used to be a sea gate, it is built completely differently compared to the other three gates of the palace; it has only one wall, is much smaller, and has no decorations. During the Middle Ages, it was a security gate that could be used as a direct escape to the sea in case of an emergency.
Today it’s the most frequently used gate of the palace as it offers direct access from the Riva to the palace (to the substructures, to be precise, and through them to the Peristyle), and the walls of the Bronze Gate are the best preserved walls out of all four gates.
