The area of the pylons is not open to visitors on the outside, so I only have these shots of the old Golden Gate area.

The Golden Gate was first a Roman triumphal arch erected in about 390 by Theodosius I the Great. The walls had not been built at the time, so the gate stood by itself on a road (Via Egnatia) about a mile outside the walls of Constantine. The opening was bricked up later in Byzantine times.