Fortress
Porta Maggiore
🇮🇹 Italy
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. Through the gate ran two ancient roads: the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana. The Via Prenestina was the eastern road to the ancient town of Praeneste (modern Palestrina). The Via Labicana (now called the Via Casilina) heads southeast from the city.
Text adapted from “Porta Maggiore” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porta Maggiore ranks #732 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #54 of the 416 mapped in Italy. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Porta Maggiore?
Porta Maggiore stands in Italy, at 41.89146°, 12.51524°.
How famous is Porta Maggiore?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #732 of 7,044 worldwide, and #54 in Italy. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Porta Maggiore?
Villa Wolkonsky, about 1 km away.
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