Porta del Popolo
The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: City gate
- Description: Gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome.
- Also known as: “Door of the people” and “Porta Flaminia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santa Maria del Popolo and Flaminio Obelisk.
Santa Maria del Popolo
Church
Photo: Karelj, Public domain.
The Parish Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo is a titular church and a minor basilica in Rome run by the Augustinian order. It stands on the north side of Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares in the city.
Flaminio Obelisk
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0.
The Flaminio Obelisk is one of the thirteen ancient obelisks in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Flaminio quarter on Piazza del Popolo. It is 24 m high and with the base and the cross reaches 36.50 m.
Ara Pacis
Photo: Rabax63, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul and consecrated on January 30, 9 BC. Ara Pacis is situated 600 metres south of Porta del Popolo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Centre and Old Rome.
North Centre
Old Rome
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.
Porta del Popolo
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma II, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.91153° or 41° 54′ 42″ northLongitude
12.47599° or 12° 28′ 34″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8FHJWF6G+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 798054736OpenStreetMap feature
building=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateGeoNames ID
8015115Wikidata ID
Q1760057
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Porta del Popolo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “波波洛門”
- Dutch: “Porta del Popolo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا ديل بوبولو”
- Finnish: “Porta del Popolo”
- French: “Porta del Popolo”
- French: “Porta Flaminia”
- Georgian: “პოპოლოს კარიბჭე”
- German: “Porta del Popolo”
- German: “Porta Flaminia”
- Greek: “Πόρτα ντελ Πόπολο”
- Greek: “Πύλη του λαού”
- Greek: “Πύλη Φλαμίνια”
- Italian: “Porta del Popolo”
- Italian: “Porta Flaminia”
- Italian: “Porta San Valentino”
- Japanese: “ポポロ門”
- Portuguese: “Porta del Popolo”
- Russian: “Porta del Popolo”
- Russian: “Порта-дель-Пополо”
- Russian: “Фламиниевы ворота”
- Spanish: “Porta del Popolo”
- Ukrainian: “Порта дель Пополо”
- Ukrainian: “Порта-дель-Пополо”
- Urdu: “پورتا دل پوپولو”
- Urdu: “پورتا فلامینیا”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Porta del Popolo”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0.