Arch of Gallienus

The Porta Esquilina was a gate in the , of which the is extant today. Tradition dates it back to the 6th century BC, when the Servian Wall was said to have been built by the Roman king Servius Tullius.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: gate of Servian Wall, Rome
  • Also known as: “Porta Esquilina”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontifical Oriental Institut and Santa Maria Maggiore.

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 190 metres northwest of Arch of Gallienus.

Church
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary the Great, also informally known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, is a Roman Catholic Papal Basilica and one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. is situated 310 metres northwest of Arch of Gallienus.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic church, and appears to have two facades, a 20th-century marble facade on Via Carlo Alberto, but a rustic brick older entrance, in reality the apse, on the Via San Vito in the Rione Esquilino of Rome, Italy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esquilino-San Giovanni and Viminal Hill.

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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 .

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Arch of Gallienus

Latitude
41.89578° or 41° 53′ 45″ north
Longitude
12.50136° or 12° 30′ 5″ east
Open location code
8FHJVGW2+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81741050
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q616887
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Arch of Gallienus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Esquilynse poort”
  • Catalan: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Chinese: “埃斯奎利諾門”
  • Dutch: “Boog van Gallienus”
  • Dutch: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا اسكيلينا”
  • Finnish: “Gallienuksen riemukaari”
  • Finnish: “Porta Esquilina”
  • French: “porte Esquiline”
  • French: “Porte Esquiline”
  • Georgian: “ესკვილინის კარიბჭე”
  • German: “Gallienusbogen”
  • German: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Greek: “Πόρτα Εσκουιλίνα”
  • Greek: “Πύλη Εσκουιλίνα”
  • Hebrew: “שער אסקווילינו”
  • Hungarian: “Gallienus diadalíve”
  • Italian: “Arco di Gallieno”
  • Italian: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Japanese: “エスクイリーナ門”
  • Latin: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Norwegian: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Portuguese: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Russian: “Эсквилинские ворота”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Spanish: “Porta Esquilina”
  • Ukrainian: “Есквілінські ворота”
  • Urdu: “پورتا ایسکویلینا”

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Highlights include Arch of Gallienus and Fontana dei Monti.

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