Porta Pinciana
Porta Pinciana is a gate of the Aurelian Walls in Rome. The name derives from the gens Pincia, who owned the eponymous hill. In ancient times it was also called Porta Turata and Porta Salaria vetus, as the oldest Via Salaria passed under it.Photo: Gustavo La Pizza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Galleria Borghese and Villa Medici.
Galleria Borghese
Museum
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Galleria Borghese or Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist attraction. Galleria Borghese is situated 600 metres northeast of Porta Pinciana.
Villa Medici
Photo: Laterbat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Villa Medici is a sixteenth-century Italian Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with 7-hectare Italian garden, contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in the historic centre of Rome, Italy. Villa Medici is situated 490 metres west of Porta Pinciana.
Spanish Steps
Photo: Hugo DK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and the Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top. Spanish Steps is situated 600 metres southwest of Porta Pinciana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains) and North Centre.
Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)
Locality
Photo: R-bitzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome.
North Centre
North Central Rome is a district that covers the areas around Piazza di Spagna, Piazza del Popolo and Parioli, as well as the magnificent Villa Borghese and its gardens.
Modern Centre
Photo: Goldmund100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Modern Centre of Rome, home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.
Porta Pinciana
- Type: City gate
- Description: building in Rome, Italy
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma II, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.90947° or 41° 54′ 34″ northLongitude
12.48838° or 12° 29′ 18″ eastElevation
76 metres (249 feet)Open location code
8FHJWF5Q+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3450997579OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Porta Pinciana” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “平扎納門”
- Dutch: “Porta Pinciana”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا بنسيانا”
- Finnish: “Porta Pinciana”
- French: “Porta Pinciana”
- Georgian: “პინჩიანის კარიბჭე”
- German: “Porta Pinciana”
- Greek: “Πύλη στο λόφο Πίντσιο”
- Greek: “Πύλη του Πίντσιου λόφου”
- Hebrew: “שער פינצ’יאנה”
- Italian: “Porta Pinciana”
- Japanese: “ピンチアーナ門”
- Japanese: “ピンチャーナ門”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porta Pinciana”
- Norwegian: “Porta Pinciana”
- Portuguese: “Porta Pinciana”
- Russian: “Порта Пинчиана”
- Spanish: “Porta Pinciana”
- Ukrainian: “Порта Пінчіана”
- Ukrainian: “Порта-Пінчіана”
- Urdu: “پورتا پنچانا”
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