Sea Gate

This guide to the Sea Gate in Kotor stands you at the main entrance to the old town, finished in fifteen fifty-five from massive stone blocks at the edge of the bay, and asks why its numbers refuse to add up. It follows what the builders wanted from their showpiece and the shoreline they put it on. Along the way it steps into the vaulted passage for a carved Virgin and Child with Saint Tryphon, Kotor's patron saint. Best heard standing just inside the arch.