Porta Latina
The Porta Latina is a single-arched gate in the Aurelian Walls of ancient Rome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas and San Giovanni a Porta Latina.
Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
Archaeological site
The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is a 1st-century CE Roman columbarium, situated near the Porta Latina on the Via di Porta Latina, Rome, Italy. It was discovered and excavated in 1831 by Pietro Campana.
San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Church
San Giovanni a Porta Latina is a Basilica church in Rome, Italy, near the Porta Latina of the Aurelian Wall.
San Giovanni in Oleo
Church
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Giovanni in Oleo is a chapel adjacent to the church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in Rome. It commemorates the place where, according to legend, in 92 AD, at the hands of the emperor Domitian, the apostle John was immersed in a vat of boiling oil from which he emerged unharmed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colosseo and Aventino-Testaccio.
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Aventino-Testaccio
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Garbatella
Quarter
Photo: Torvindus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the Ostiense quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.
Porta Latina
- Type: City gate
- Description: gate in the Aurelian Walls of ancient Rome
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.87652° or 41° 52′ 36″ northLongitude
12.50249° or 12° 30′ 9″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
8FHJVGG2+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 365322259OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Porta Latina” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “拉丁門”
- Dutch: “Porta Latina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا لاتينا”
- Finnish: “Porta Latina”
- French: “Porta Latina”
- Georgian: “ლათინური კარიბჭე”
- German: “Porta Latina”
- Greek: “Πόρτα Λατίνα”
- Greek: “Πύλη Λατίνα”
- Hebrew: “שער לטינה”
- Italian: “Porta Latina”
- Japanese: “ラティーナ門”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porta Latina”
- Norwegian: “Porta Latina”
- Portuguese: “Porta Latina”
- Russian: “Латинские ворота”
- Ukrainian: “Порта Латіна”
- Ukrainian: “Порта-Латіна”
- Urdu: “پورتا لاتینا”
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