Porta Asinaria
Porta Asinaria is an arch in Municipio Roma I, Rome, Lazio. Porta Asinaria is situated nearby to the city gate Porta San Giovanni, as well as near the church Scala Sancta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta San Giovanni and Scala Sancta.
Porta San Giovanni
City gate
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Porta San Giovanni is a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, Italy, named after the nearby Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.
Scala Sancta
Church
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The Scala Sancta are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in Rome, Italy proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano. Scala Sancta is situated 210 metres northwest of Porta Asinaria.
Lateran Obelisk
Obelisk
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The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in Italy. It originally weighed 413 tonnes, but after collapsing and being re-erected 4 metres shorter, now weighs around 300 tonnes. Lateran Obelisk is situated 340 metres west of Porta Asinaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Lorenzo and Colosseo.
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.
Colosseo
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The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Esquilino-San Giovanni
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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 Asinaria
- Type: Arch
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88579° or 41° 53′ 9″ northLongitude
12.50861° or 12° 30′ 31″ eastElevation
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
8FHJVGP5+8CGeoNames ID
11856560
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“Porta Asinaria” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Porta Asinaria”
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