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 , and beyond that is the Protestant Cemetery .
6-468: 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 arterial road, as evidenced by the fact that upon entering the gate of the same name, the road split, with one direction leading to the famous Emporium , the great market of Rome. The gatehouse is flanked by two cylindrical towers, and has two entrances, which had been covered by
12-549: A second, single-opening gate, built in front of the first by the Byzantine general Belisarius (530s–540s). The structure is due to Maxentius , in the 4th century, but the two towers were heightened by Honorius . Its original— Latin —name was Porta Ostiensis , since it opened on the way to Ostia . Later, it was renamed to the Italian Porta San Paolo , because it was the exit of Rome that led to
18-821: The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls . In 549, Rome was under siege ; the Ostrogoths of Totila entered through this gate, because of the treason of the Isaurian garrison. On 10 September 1943, two days after the armistice between the Allies and Italy had been agreed, Italian military and civil forces tried to block German seizure of the city, with 570 casualties. [REDACTED] Media related to Porta San Paolo (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons Via Ostiense The Via Ostiensis ( Italian : via Ostiense )
24-660: The road left the city through the Porta Ostiensis ( Porta San Paolo ). In the Late Roman Empire , trade suffered under an economic crisis, and Ostia declined as an important port. With the accompanying growth of importance of the Via Portuensis from the time of Constantine onwards, that of the Via Ostiensis correspondingly decreased. There are the remains of at least one Roman bridge along
30-502: The road, which is the Ponte presso Tor di Valle. Modern Via Ostiense follows a similar path to the old road, forming the main connection of Rome to Ostia (one of the quarters of Rome at present) together with the Via del Mare. On its way to Ostia, the road passes by the important basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls . This article about an Ancient Roman building or structure is
36-661: Was an important road in ancient Rome . It ran west 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Rome to its important sea port of Ostia Antica , from which it took its name. The road began near the Forum Boarium , ran between the Aventine Hill and the Tiber River along its left (eastern) bank, and left the city's Servian Walls through the Porta Trigemina . When the later Aurelian Walls were built,
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