Porta Corsica
Porta Corsica is a gate along the south-western section of the city walls of Grosseto. Its name is derived from the geographical reference point in that direction, across the sea, towards which the gate faces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teatro degli Industri and Grosseto Cathedral.
Teatro degli Industri
Theater building
Photo: Alienautic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Teatro degli Industri is a theatre and opera house in Grosseto, Italy. It is the historic theatre of the city and one of the two municipal theatres together with the Teatro Moderno.
Grosseto Cathedral
Church
Palazzo Aldobrandeschi
Historic building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grosseto and Porta Vecchia.
Grosseto
Photo: trolvag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grosseto is a city and a comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma. The city lies 12 kilometres from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the Ombrone river.
Porta Corsica
- Type: Sally port
- Description: city gate in Grosseto, Italy
- Categories: city gate and historic site
- Location: Province of Grosseto, Grosseto, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.75942° or 42° 45′ 34″ northLongitude
11.11219° or 11° 6′ 44″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
8FJHQ456+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1394680787OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Porta Corsica” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Porta Corsica”
- French: “Porta Corsica”
- German: “Porta Corsica”
- Italian: “Porta Corsica”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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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 Corsica”. Photo: Alienautic, Public domain.