Stambol Kapia

Nice preserved gate

The gate has been preserved very well. It is really nice. You can't miss it if you plan to wander couple of hours in Vidin.

Historical monument

This is the stambol Gate which linked up to the lovely fortress about a mile up the road. Plenty of such gates and fortresses in this area but the vidin one is well preserved and looked after. Well w...

Symbol of the better past

The area inside Vidin's old walls now mostly looks depressing : communist apartment blocks ugly and many degrading, garbage, vast deserted areas and deserted buildings, incomprehensible building layou...

Leftover of a magnificent fortress

The Stambol Gate was one of the several gates that used to belong to the great Vidin fortress, which hasn't outlived the turbulent historical era of this region. It shows how important and beautiful t...

The main gate of the Vidin fortress - Kaleto

There are nine gates of the Vidin fortress - Kaleto. This one is the most important and spectacular. The name derives from the direction of the road leading to Istanbul - the capital of the empire.