Villa Almone

Villa Almone is a building in Municipio Roma I, Rome, Lazio. Villa Almone is situated nearby to the government office Residence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as near the city gate Porta Ardeatina.

Photo: AmbasciataGermaniaRoma, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porta Ardeatina and Porta San Sebastiano.

Porta Ardeatina

City gate

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Porta Ardeatina is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome. The gate was built in the time of Nero. It stands at an angle in the Aurelian Walls. It was placed at a halfway point between Porta Appia and Porta San Paolo, close to the modern arches under which Via Cristoforo Colombo runs.

Porta San Sebastiano

City gate

Photo: Ardeatino, CC BY 4.0.

The Porta San Sebastiano is the largest and one of the best-preserved gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. Originally known as the Porta Appia due to its location at the beginning of the Appian Way, the gate served as a key southern entrance to the city since antiquity. Porta San Sebastiano is situated 340 metres east of Villa Almone.

Arch of Drusus

Archaeological site

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The Arch of Drusus is an ancient arch in Rome, Italy, close to the First Mile of the Appian Way and next to the Porta San Sebastiano. Long misidentified, it is most likely the remains of the Arch of Trajan. Arch of Drusus is situated 350 metres northeast of Villa Almone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garbatella and Aventino-Testaccio.

Garbatella

Quarter

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Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the Ostiense quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.

Aventino-Testaccio

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Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.