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{{short description|Gate of the Aurelian walls, a landmark of Rome, Italy}} |
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[[Image:Porta Latina - Plate 009 - Giuseppe Vasi.jpg|thumb|The Porta Latina in an 18th-century etching by [[Giuseppe Vasi]].]] |
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The '''Porta Latina''' ([[Latin language|Latin]] - ''Latin Gate'') is a single-arched gate in the [[Aurelian Walls]] of [[ancient Rome]]. |
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==History== |
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| ⚫ | It marked the [[Rome]] end of the [[Via Latina]] and gives its name to the church of [[San Giovanni a Porta Latina]]. Most of the present structure dates to [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]], including the arch's [[voussoir]]s (though they are often wrongly attributed<ref>As in Touring Club Italiano, ''Roma e dintorni'' (Milan 1965), p. 388.</ref> to a 6th-century restoration by [[Belisarius]], due to a cross and circle sculpted on the inner [[Keystone (architecture)|keystone]], and the [[Chi Rho]] between [[Alpha and Omega|Α and Ω]] sculpted on the outer keystone). The gate retained its name throughout the Middle Ages. Also nearby are the oratory of [[San Giovanni in Oleo]]<ref name="Crescimbeni1716">{{cite book|author=Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni|title=L' Istoria della Chiesa di S. Giovanni avanti Porta Latina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8o-AAAAcAAJ|year=1716}}</ref><ref name="Dey2011">{{cite book|author=Hendrik W. Dey|title=The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271–855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZ5t-865v6cC&pg=PA206|date=7 April 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-50038-8|pages=206–}}</ref> and the [[pagan]] [[Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas]]. |
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The gate's single arch is built of irregular blocks of [[travertine]], with a row of five windows above on the outside, and a sixth in brick, at the south end, surmounted by stone [[battlement]]s. The arch is flanked by two semi-circular towers of brick-faced concrete (almost entirely rebuilt, probably in the 6th century), which do not rise above the top of the central section. The north tower rests on masonry foundations that may have belonged to a tomb. |
The gate's single arch is built of irregular blocks of [[travertine]], with a row of five windows above on the outside, and a sixth in brick, at the south end, surmounted by stone [[battlement]]s. The arch is flanked by two semi-circular towers of brick-faced concrete (almost entirely rebuilt, probably in the 6th century), which do not rise above the top of the central section. The north tower rests on masonry foundations that may have belonged to a tomb. |
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==See also== |
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*{{annotated link|Porta Maggiore}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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*[http://www.romeartlover.it/Vasi09.htm Page at Rome Art Lover] |
*[http://www.romeartlover.it/Vasi09.htm Page at Rome Art Lover] |
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*[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Porta_Latina.html Platner and Ashby, ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', 1929] |
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*{{cite book |first=M. |last=Lucentini |title=The Rome Guide: Step by Step through History's Greatest City|date=31 December 2012 |publisher=Interlink |isbn=9781623710088 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=laMDAQAAQBAJ}} |
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[[Category:Ancient gates in the Aurelian Walls|Latina]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:01, 15 August 2023
 Porta Latina today | |
   Porta Latina Shown within Rome | |
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| Standort | Regio XII Piscina Publica |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′35.0394″N 12°30′8.4564″E / 41.876399833°N 12.502349000°E |
| Typ | City gate |
| History | |
| Builder | Honorius |
| Gegründet | 5th century A.D. |
The Porta Latina (Latin - Latin Gate) is a single-arched gate in the Aurelian Walls of ancient Rome.
History
[edit]It marked the Rome end of the Via Latina and gives its name to the church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina. Most of the present structure dates to Honorius, including the arch's voussoirs (though they are often wrongly attributed[1] to a 6th-century restoration by Belisarius, due to a cross and circle sculpted on the inner keystone, and the Chi Rho between Α and Ω sculpted on the outer keystone). The gate retained its name throughout the Middle Ages. Also nearby are the oratory of San Giovanni in Oleo[2][3] and the pagan Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas.
The gate's single arch is built of irregular blocks of travertine, with a row of five windows above on the outside, and a sixth in brick, at the south end, surmounted by stone battlements. The arch is flanked by two semi-circular towers of brick-faced concrete (almost entirely rebuilt, probably in the 6th century), which do not rise above the top of the central section. The north tower rests on masonry foundations that may have belonged to a tomb.
See also
[edit]- Porta Maggiore – Gate of the Aurelian walls, a landmark of Rome, Italy
- List of ancient monuments in Rome
Notes
[edit]- ^ As in Touring Club Italiano, Roma e dintorni (Milan 1965), p. 388.
- ^ Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni (1716). L' Istoria della Chiesa di S. Giovanni avanti Porta Latina.
- ^ Hendrik W. Dey (7 April 2011). The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271–855. Cambridge University Press. pp. 206–. ISBN 978-1-139-50038-8.
External links
[edit]- Page at Rome Art Lover
- Platner and Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, 1929
- Lucentini, M. (31 December 2012). The Rome Guide: Step by Step through History's Greatest City. Interlink. ISBN 9781623710088.
Media related to Porta Latina (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceded by Porta Asinaria |
Landmarks of Rome Porta Latina |
Succeeded by Porta Maggiore |
This article contains text from Platner and Ashby's A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, a text now in the public domain.