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 Esquiline Hill, near Piazza Vittorio, in Rome.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sant’Eusebio and Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.
Sant’Eusebio
Church
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sant'Eusebio is a titular church in Rome, devoted to Saint Eusebius of Rome, a 4th-century martyr, and built in the Esquilino 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.
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
Square
Photo: Claude van der Grift, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, also known as Piazza Vittorio, is a piazza in Rome, Italy, in the Esquilino rione. It is served by the Vittorio Emanuele Metro station. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II is situated 110 metres southeast of Porta Alchemica.
Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus
Ruins
Photo: Lalupa, Public domain.
Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esquilino-San Giovanni and Viminal Hill.
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.
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.
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.
Porta Alchemica
- Type: Ruins
- Description: building in Rome, Italy
- Categories: city gate, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.8955° or 41° 53′ 44″ northLongitude
12.50374° or 12° 30′ 14″ eastInception
1680Open location code
8FHJVGW3+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 256753107OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata 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”
- Italian: “porta Alchemica”
- Italian: “Porta Alchemica”
- Italian: “Porta Magica”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vittorio Emanuele and Università degli Studi Roma Tre - Dipartimento di Scienze della formazione.
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