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Porta San Sebastiano

The Porta San Sebastiano is the largest and one of the best-preserved gates in the of , Italy. Originally known as the Porta Appia due to its location at the beginning of the , the gate served as a key southern entrance to the city since antiquity.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: major gate through the Aurelian Walls in Rome, Italy
  • Address: Via di Porta San Sebastiano 18, Roma, 00179

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arch of Drusus and Museo delle Mura.

Archaeological site
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The is an ancient arch in , Italy, close to the First Mile of the and next to the Porta San Sebastiano. Long misidentified, it is most likely the remains of the Arch of Trajan.

Museum
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The is an archaeological museum in , the capital of Italy. It is housed on two floors of the Porta San Sebastiano, at the start of the .

Archaeological site
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The , also called the hypogaeum Scipionum, was the common tomb of the patrician Scipio family during the Roman Republic for interments between the early 3rd century BC and the early 1st century AD. is situated 290 metres north of Porta San Sebastiano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garbatella and Aventino-Testaccio.

Quarter
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is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.

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Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of . Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.

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The South of includes the historic Appian Way and nearby catacombs, as well as important tourist attractions in EUR, and San Paolo.

Porta San Sebastiano

Latitude
41.87348° or 41° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
12.50154° or 12° 30′ 6″ east
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 27519297
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
8015034
Wiki­data ID
Q1234193
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Porta San Sebastiano” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Porta Appia”
  • Catalan: “Porta de San Sebastiano”
  • Chinese: “圣塞巴斯弟盎门”
  • Chinese: “圣巴斯弟盎门”
  • Chinese: “聖塞巴斯弟盎門”
  • Dutch: “Porta Appia”
  • Dutch: “Porta San Sebastiano”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا سان سيباستيانو”
  • Finnish: “Porta San Sebastiano”
  • French: “Porta Appia”
  • French: “Porta San Sebastiano”
  • French: “Porte Saint Sébastien”
  • French: “Porte Saint-Sébastien”
  • Georgian: “სან-სებასტიანოს კარიბჭე”
  • German: “Drususbogen”
  • German: “Porta Appia”
  • German: “Porta San Sebastiano”
  • Greek: “Πύλη του Αγίου Σεβαστιανού”
  • Hebrew: “פורטה אפיה”
  • Hebrew: “פורטה סן סבסטיאנו”
  • Hebrew: “שער אפיה”
  • Hebrew: “שער סבסטיאן הקדוש”
  • Hebrew: “שער סן סבסטיאנו”
  • Italian: “Porta Appia”
  • Italian: “Porta S. Sebastiano”
  • Italian: “Porta San Sebastiano”
  • Japanese: “サン・セバスティアーノ門”
  • Latin: “Porta Sebastiana”
  • Portuguese: “Porta San Sebastiano”
  • Russian: “Аппиевы ворота”
  • Russian: “Ворота Сан-Себастьяно”
  • Russian: “Ворота Святого Себастьяна”
  • Spanish: “Porta Appia”
  • Spanish: “Porta San Sebastiano”
  • Spanish: “Puerta de San Sebastian”
  • Spanish: “Puerta de San Sebastián”
  • Ukrainian: “Ворота святого Себастьяна”
  • Urdu: “پورتا سان سیباستیانو”

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