Porta San Cesareo

Porta San Cesareo is a city gate in Palestrina, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio. Porta San Cesareo is situated nearby to the cave Grotta ‘Rumice’, as well as near the church Chiesa della Santa Croce.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Fortuna Primigenia and Museo archeologico nazionale.

Temple of Fortuna Primigenia

Photo: MM, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The temple of Fortuna Primigenia was an ancient Roman temple within the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, a religious complex in Praeneste. It was dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Primigenia and parents brought their newly-born first child to the temple in order to improve its likelihood of surviving infancy and perpetuating the gens. Temple of Fortuna Primigenia is situated 320 metres southwest of Porta San Cesareo.

Museo archeologico nazionale

Museum

Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museo archeologico nazionale is a museum, which is situated 260 metres west of Porta San Cesareo.

Church Santa Croce

City gate

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Church Santa Croce is a city gate, which is situated 180 metres southwest of Porta San Cesareo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palestrina and Castel San Pietro Romano.

Palestrina

Town

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Palestrina is a modern Italian city and comune with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about 35 kilometres east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Prenestina.

Castel San Pietro Romano

Village

Photo: Museo diffuso Castel San Pietro Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castel San Pietro Romano is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 35 kilometres east of Rome. In 2017, it had a population of 883.

Cave

Town

Photo: rgiannotti1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cave is a town and comune in the Latium region of Italy, 42 kilometres southeast of Rome. As of 2011 its population was 10,421. Cave is situated 4 km southeast of Porta San Cesareo.

Porta San Cesareo

Type: City gate
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Palestrina, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

41.84143° or 41° 50′ 29″ north

Longitude

12.8955° or 12° 53′ 44″ east

Open location code

8FHJRVRW+H6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 179043158

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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