The Twin gates of Pula
Porta Gemina or Twin gates used to be the part of the path to ancient theater. Today they practically don’t lead anywhere, but belong to the building of Archeological museum and a park with tall cedars. Twin gates were built in the end of the 2nd century on the remains on older Roman gates, and their main role was to serve as an entrance to the ancient theater. The construction is very simple but harmonious, not over-sized, and with two arch passes decorated with three half-pillars, which have composite capitals on top.
The whole construction is connected with relief corona which decorates the gates. Above the arches there is a slot for the portcullis which closed the door. There are visible signs of damage along the whole construction, because the Twin gates were buried long before 13th century to enforce the defensive structure of the town.
Excavation of the Twin gates was completed in the beginning of the 19th century, because upper arches became visible but in 1831, a white marble plate was found on which Lucius Menasius Priscus, who built one of the aqueducts on his own expense, is mentioned. The inscription is located on the central upper part of the gates, where it was installed in 1857 by Pietro Kandler.
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