Porta Maggiore
The Porta Maggiore, or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome. Through the gate ran two ancient roads: the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Gate
- Description: building in Esquilino, Italy
- Also known as: “Porta Labicana” and “Porta Praenestina”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta Maggiore Basilica and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
Porta Maggiore Basilica
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Porta Maggiore Basilica is an underground basilica discovered in 1917 near Porta Maggiore in Rome. It is dated to the 1st century BC. It is believed to have been the meeting place of the neo-Pythagoreans and is the only historical site that has been associated with the neo-Pythagorean movement. Porta Maggiore Basilica is situated 130 metres northeast of Porta Maggiore.
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Church
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is a Catholic minor basilica and titular church in the rione of Esquilino, Rome, Italy. Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is situated 350 metres south of Porta Maggiore.
Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
Building
Photo: Joris, Public domain.
The tomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces the baker is one of the largest and best-preserved freedman funerary monuments in Rome. Its sculpted frieze is a classic example of the "plebeian style" in Roman sculpture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Lorenzo and Pigneto.
San Lorenzo
Neighborhood
San Lorenzo is an urban zone in Rome, Italy. Administratively it was part of both Municipio II and Quarter VI Tiburtino. It occupies roughly the two sides of the early stretch of Via Tiburtina, starting from Termini railway station and ending at the Verano area.
Esquilino-San Giovanni
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in Rome. Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.
Porta Maggiore
- Categories: city gate and archaeological site
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Porta Maggiore” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Porta Maggiore”
- Belarusian: “Порта-Маджорэ”
- Bulgarian: “Порта Маджоре”
- Catalan: “Porta Maggiore”
- Chinese: “马焦雷门”
- Czech: “Porta Maggiore”
- Czech: “Porta Praenestina”
- Dutch: “Porta Maggiore”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا ماجورى”
- Finnish: “Porta Maggiore”
- French: “Porta Maggiore”
- French: “Porte Majeure”
- Georgian: “მაჯორეს კარიბჭე”
- German: “Porta Maggiore”
- Greek: “Πύλη Ματζόρε”
- Indonesian: “Porta Maggiore”
- Italian: “Porta Labicana”
- Italian: “Porta Maggiore”
- Italian: “Porta Praenestina”
- Japanese: “マッジョーレ門”
- Latin: “Porta Praenestina”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porta Maggiore”
- Norwegian: “Porta Maggiore”
- Persian: “پورتا ماجیوره”
- Polish: “Porta Maggiore”
- Portuguese: “Porta Maior”
- Romanian: “porta maggiore”
- Russian: “Порта-Маджоре”
- Spanish: “Porta Maggiore”
- Swedish: “Porta Maggiore”
- Ukrainian: “Порта Маджоре”
- Ukrainian: “Порта-Маджоре”
- Urdu: “پورتا ماجیورے”
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