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    Porta San Paolo - Wikipedia

    The Porta San Paolo (English: Saint Paul Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Via Ostiense Museum (museo della Via Ostiense) is housed within the gatehouse. It is in the Ostiense quarter; just to the west is the Roman Pyramid of Cestius, an Egyptian-style pyramid, … See more

    The original name of the gate was Porta Ostiensis, as it was located at the beginning of via Ostiense, the road that connected Rome and Ostia. Via Ostiense was an important … See more

    Porta San Giovanni – Gate of the Aurelian walls, a landmark of Rome, Italy See more

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    • Lucentini, M. (31 December 2012). The Rome Guide: Step by Step through History's Greatest City. Interlink. ISBN 9781623710088.
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    A famous passage in the Aurelian Walls, built in the 3rd century AD. and structured on two arches from which the Via Ostiense and the ancient Via Laurentina departed, the Porta Ostiensis, Porta San Paolo former name, …

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    Built after the barbarians’ invasion of Rome, the remarkably well-preserved Porta San Paolo once served as a southern gate in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls. Today, it houses a small museum dedicated to the history of Via Ostiense, an …

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    Originally called Porta Ostiensis (because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiense, the major roadway of the Middle Ages that connected the heart of Rome to the seaport of Ostia), Porta San Paolo (San Paolo Gate) is one of …

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    The Porta San Paolo is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome. The Via Ostiense Museum is housed within the gatehouse. The original name of the gate was Porta Ostiensis, because it was located of the …

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