Porta San Giovanni
Porta San Giovanni is a city gate in Municipio Roma I, Rome, Lazio. Porta San Giovanni is situated nearby to the sally port Porta Asinaria, as well as near the playground Giardino Malandrino.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta San Giovanni and Coliseum.
Porta San Giovanni
City gate
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porta San Giovanni is a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, Italy, named after the nearby Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.
Coliseum
Theater building
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The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world. Coliseum is situated 1½ km west of Porta San Giovanni.
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 250 metres northwest of Porta San Giovanni.
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
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.
Esquilino-San Giovanni
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
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 San Giovanni
- Type: City gate
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.8859° or 41° 53′ 9″ northLongitude
12.50934° or 12° 30′ 34″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVGP5+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 2018208570OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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