Golden Gate

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Patan, Nepal - 24 January 2020: Golden door of the temple at Durban square on Patan near Kathmandu in Nepal

The biggest and grandest of the city gates, this was the main processional entrance into Diocletian’s Palace. Metal bars once blocked the outer entrance, with a wooden door on the inner section. Look for the carved heads high up on the outside wall.

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