Porta San Paolo
The Porta San Paolo is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Via Ostiense Museum is housed within the gatehouse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pyramid of Caius Cestius and Protestant Cemetery, Rome.
Pyramid of Caius Cestius
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The pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It was built in the style of the Nubian pyramids as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation.
Protestant Cemetery, Rome
Cemetery
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The Non-Catholic Cemetery, also referred to as the Protestant Cemetery or the English Cemetery, is a private cemetery in the rione of Testaccio in Rome. Protestant Cemetery, Rome is situated 200 metres west of Porta San Paolo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aventino-Testaccio and Trastevere.
Aventino-Testaccio
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Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.
Trastevere
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Trastevere is a district in Rome. The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.
Palatine Hill
Locality
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The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Porta San Paolo
- Type: Gate
- Description: building in Rome, Italy
- Categories: city gate and tourist attraction
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Urdu—“Porta San Paolo” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Брама Сан-Паола”
- Chinese: “圣保禄门”
- Chinese: “聖保祿門”
- Dutch: “Porta Ostiensis”
- Dutch: “Porta San Paolo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا سان پولو”
- Esperanto: “Pordo de Sankta Paŭlo”
- Finnish: “Porta San Paolo”
- French: “Porta Ostiensis”
- French: “Porta San Paolo”
- French: “Porte Saint-Paul”
- French: “Porte San Paolo”
- Georgian: “სან-პაოლოს კარიბჭე”
- German: “Porta Ostiensis”
- German: “Porta San Paolo”
- Greek: “Πόρτα Σαν Πάολο”
- Greek: “Πύλη του Αγίου Παύλου”
- Hebrew: “פורטה סן פאולו”
- Italian: “Porta Ostiense”
- Italian: “Porta Ostiensis”
- Italian: “Porta San Paolo”
- Japanese: “サン・パオロ門”
- Japanese: “サン･パオロ門”
- Korean: “포르타 산 파올로”
- Portuguese: “Porta de São Paulo”
- Portuguese: “Porta São Paulo”
- Russian: “Porta Ostiensis”
- Russian: “Ворота Сан-Паоло”
- Russian: “Остийские ворота”
- Spanish: “Porta San Paolo”
- Ukrainian: “Порта Сан Паоло”
- Ukrainian: “Порта-Сан-Паоло”
- Urdu: “پورتا سان پاولو”
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About Mapcarta. 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 San Paolo”. Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.