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Porta San Giovanni

Porta San Giovanni is a gate in the Aurelian Wall of , , named after the nearby .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scala Sancta and San Giovanni.

Church
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The are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in , proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano. is situated 250 metres northwest of Porta San Giovanni.

Railway stop
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is an underground interchange station on Lines A and C of the Rome Metro. The station is located in Piazzale Appio at the beginning of Via , beside the Basilica di in Laterano, from which the station takes its name.

Obelisk
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The is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in . It originally weighed 413 tonnes, but after collapsing and being re-erected 4 metres shorter, now weighs around 300 tonnes. is situated 390 metres west of Porta San Giovanni.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Lorenzo and Colosseo.

Neighborhood
is an urban zone in , 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 railway station and ending at the area.

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

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Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . 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 San Giovanni

Latitude
41.88591° or 41° 53′ 9″ north
Longitude
12.50933° or 12° 30′ 34″ east
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Inception
1574
Open location code
8FHJVGP5+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1186701885
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Geo­Names ID
11856562
Wiki­data ID
Q2104896
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Porta San Giovanni” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Порта Сан Джовани”
  • Chinese: “圣若望门”
  • Dutch: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا سان جيوفانى”
  • Finnish: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • French: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • French: “Porte San Giovanni”
  • Georgian: “სან-ჯოვანის კარიბჭე (რომი)”
  • Georgian: “სან-ჯოვანის კარიბჭე”
  • German: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • Italian: “Porta S. Giovanni”
  • Italian: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • Japanese: “サン・ジョヴァンニ門”
  • Portuguese: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • Russian: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • Russian: “Ворота Сан-Джованни”
  • Spanish: “Porta San Giovanni”
  • Ukrainian: “Брама Сан-Джованні”
  • Ukrainian: “Ворота Сан Джованні”
  • Urdu: “پورتا سان جیووانی (روم)”
  • Urdu: “پورتا سان جیووانی”

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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 San Giovanni”. Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.