Porta Nomentana
The Porta Nomentana was one of the gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. It is located along viale del Policlinico, around 70 m east of Porta Pia. It is now blocked and merely a boundary wall for the British Embassy.Photo: Joris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: City gate
- Description: building in Rome, Italy
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta Pia and Roma Termini railway station.
Porta Pia
City gate
Photo: Monticiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porta Pia was one of the northern gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after him. Porta Pia is situated 110 metres northwest of Porta Nomentana.
Roma Termini railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ingolf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roma Termini is the main railway station of Rome, Italy. It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient Baths of Diocletian, which lies across the street from the main entrance. Roma Termini railway station is situated 1 km south of Porta Nomentana.
Gardens of Sallust
Garden
The Gardens of Sallust was an ancient Roman estate including a landscaped pleasure garden developed by the historian Sallust in the 1st century BC. It occupied a large area in the northeastern sector of Rome, in what would become Region VI, between the Pincian Hill and Quirinal Hill, near the Via Salaria and later Porta Salaria. Gardens of Sallust is situated 430 metres west of Porta Nomentana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartiere Coppedè and Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains).
Quartiere Coppedè
Neighborhood
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quartiere Coppedè is a neighborhood.
Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)
Locality
Photo: R-bitzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome.
Viminal Hill
Locality
The Viminal Hill is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the Quirinal Hill to the northwest and the Esquiline Hill to the southeast, it is home to the Teatro dell'Opera and the Termini Railway Station.
Porta Nomentana
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma II, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.90856° or 41° 54′ 31″ northLongitude
12.50213° or 12° 30′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8FHJWG52+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 12956773995OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateWikidata ID
Q644765
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Porta Nomentana” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Nomentan qapıları”
- Bulgarian: “Порта Номентана”
- Chinese: “諾門塔納門”
- Dutch: “Porta Nomentana”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا نومينتانا”
- Finnish: “Porta Nomentana”
- French: “Porta de Domina”
- French: “Porta Domnae”
- French: “Porta Nomentana”
- French: “Porte de Sainte-Agnès”
- Georgian: “ნომენტანის კარიბჭე”
- German: “Porta Nomentana”
- Greek: “Πύλη Νομεντάνα”
- Greek: “Πύλη της Νομεντάνα”
- Hebrew: “פורטה נומנטאנה”
- Italian: “Porta Nomentana”
- Japanese: “ノメンターナ門”
- Portuguese: “Porta Nomentana”
- Russian: “Номентанские ворота”
- Ukrainian: “Номентанські ворота”
- Urdu: “پورتا نومینتانا”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include British Embassy and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
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