Porta Alchemica

The Alchemical Door, also known as the Alchemy Gate or Magic Portal, is a monument built between 1678 and 1680 by Massimiliano Palombara, marquis of Pietraforte, in his residence, the villa Palombara, which was located on the , near Piazza Vittorio, in Rome.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: building in Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “Alchemical Door”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sant’Eusebio and Pontifical Oriental Institut.

Church
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Sant'Eusebio is a titular church in , devoted to Saint Eusebius of Rome, a 4th-century martyr, and built in the rione. One of the oldest churches in Rome, it is a titular church and the station church for the Friday after the fourth Sunday in Lent.

College
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The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a institution of higher education located in and focusing on Eastern Christianity. is situated 350 metres northwest of Porta Alchemica.

Square
Photo: Claude van der Grift, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Piazza Vittorio, is a piazza in , , in the rione. It is served by the Metro station. is situated 110 metres southeast of Porta Alchemica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esquilino-San Giovanni and Viminal Hill.

Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Locality
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The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the and the .

Neighborhood
is an urban zone in , Italy. Administratively, it was part of both Municipio II and Quarter VI Tiburtino. It occupies roughly both sides of the early stretch of Via Tiburtina, starting from railway station and ending at the area.

Porta Alchemica

Latitude
41.8955° or 41° 53′ 44″ north
Longitude
12.50374° or 12° 30′ 14″ east
Inception
1680
Open location code
8FHJVGW3+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256753107
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q3304975
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Porta Alchemica” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Porta Alchemica”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا الكيميا”
  • Esperanto: “Pordo Alĥemia”
  • German: “Porta Magica”
  • Italian: “porta Alchemica”
  • Italian: “Porta Alchemica”
  • Italian: “Porta Ermetica”
  • Italian: “Porta Magica”
  • “Porta Alchemica”

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