Land Gate

The Land Gate, Kopnena vrata, is the main entrance to the peninsula from the mainland side, built in 1543 by the Venetian architect Michele Sanmicheli as a triu…The Land Gate, Kopnena vrata, is the main entrance to the peninsula from the mainland side, built in 1543 by the Venetian architect Michele Sanmicheli as a triumphal arch in the walls. The lion of St Mark sits above the central opening, and the circuit it belongs to joined the UNESCO list in 2017 with the other Venetian defences of the Adriatic.

It faces Fosa, the small harbour outside the walls, and it is the way most visitors walk in.