The Porta Maggiore ("Larger Gate"), or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome...
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The Porta Maggiore Basilica is an underground basilica discovered in 1917 near Porta Maggiore in Rome. It is dated to the first century BC. It is believed...
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Porta Maggiore, now known as Porta Mazzini, was the main eastern portal of the former medieval walls of the city of Bologna, Italy. It straddles the site...
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Maggiore, a fountain in Perugia, Italy Porta Maggiore Basilica, an underground basilica discovered in 1917 near Porta Maggiore in Rome, Italy Porta Maggiore...
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of Cestius, and even a section of the Aqua Claudia aqueduct near the Porta Maggiore. As much as a sixth of the walls is estimated to have been composed...
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The Augustus of Prima Porta (Italian: Augusto di Prima Porta) is a full-length portrait statue of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. The statue was discovered...
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Porta Caelimontana Porta Capena Porta Carmentalis Porta Collina Porta Esquilina Porta Flumentana Porta Fontinalis Porta Lavernalis Porta Naevia Porta...
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neopythagoreans at the Porta Maggiore in Rome, Lisa Spencer, Rosicrucian Digest No. 1 2009. p36-44 Underground basilica of Porta Maggiore map Charles H. Kahn...
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include the Porta Maggiore (or Mazzini), Porta Castiglione, Porta Saragozza (this article), Porta San Felice, Porta delle Lame, Porta Galliera, Porta Mascarella...
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of the town, called Caelimontium. The area between the Lateran and Porta Maggiore was included in the v Regio (Esquiliae), though physically it is part...
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(ca. 50–20 BCE). Located in a prominent position just outside today's Porta Maggiore, the tomb was transformed by its incorporation into the Aurelian Wall;...
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Preceded by Lupercal Landmarks of Rome Pantheon Succeeded by Porta Maggiore Basilica...
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The Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Italian pronunciation: [ˈsanta maˈriːa madˈdʒoːre]; Latin: Basilica Sanctae...
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Padua, Italy Porta Maggiore, or Porta Prenestina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome Porta Nigra, in Trier, Germany Porta Nomentana, a...
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visible today near the Porta Maggiore and the church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. The area near the Porta Prenestina (now Porta Maggiore) where the Via Labicana...
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Porta Pia was one of the northern gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after...
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needed]. It is one of the two ancient aqueducts that flowed through the Porta Maggiore, the other being the Aqua Anio Novus: 150 . It is described in some...
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Combat Group under general Arturo Scattini, who entered the centre from Porta Maggiore to the south. Since the soldiers were dressed in British outfits, they...
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creating a mosaic. Niches aren't only one sided as is the case of the Porta Maggiore where niches flank both sides of the gate and at one time displayed...
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The Piazza di Porta Ravegnana (originally Porta Ravennate) is a city square in the central of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Piazza, located...
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dell'Esquilino (on the north-west side of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore) and the other at the Quirinal fountain. The completed mausoleum measured...
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and of several gateways (notably the Porta Maggiore, defended by a tower), exist. The bastion at the Porta Maggiore still stands to 13 m. A square tower...
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and the Aqua Anio Novus. These entered the city in 52 and met at the Porta Maggiore. He also restored a third, the Aqua Virgo. He paid special attention...
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from the 1st century AD were found near the Porta Maggiore in Rome in 1917, and is known as the Porta Maggiore Basilica.[citation needed] After its destruction...
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Villa of Livia (redirect from Villa at Prima Porta)
of Livia (Latin: Ad Gallinas Albas) is an ancient Roman villa at Prima Porta, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Rome, Italy, along the Via Flaminia. It...
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in Rome Porta Maggiore, in Rome Porta Pinciana, in Rome Porta Tiburtina, in Rome Porta San Sebastiano, in Rome Porta San Paolo, in Rome Porta Camollia...
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openings of both are rectangular. The architrave of the larger, known as Porta Maggiore, measures about 5 metres (16 ft) in length, 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height...
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Triumphs. Victorious generals entered the city by the western Triumphal Gate (Porta Triumphalis) and circumnavigated the Palatine Hill (counterclockwise) before...
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for which the Cappella Maggiore was used before it was rebuilt on the same site as the Sistine Chapel. The Cappella Maggiore derived its name, the Greater...
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Vesta House of the Vestals Largo di Torre Argentina Lupercal Pantheon Porta Maggiore Basilica Fora Roman Forum Imperial fora Forum of Augustus Forum of Caesar...
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