Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls

E138259

Renaissance architecture city gate monument in Rome

Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls is a Renaissance-era gate built into Rome’s ancient defensive walls, serving as a major historic entrance to the city near the Lateran area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gates of the Aurelian Walls	1
Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance architecture ⓘ city gate ⓘ monument in Rome ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Renaissance ⓘ
commissionedBy	Pope Gregory XIII ⓘ
connectsTo	Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano ⓘ Via Appia ⓘ surface form: Via Appia Nuova
hasAlternativeName	Porta San Giovanni ⓘ
hasArchitect	Giacomo della Porta ⓘ
hasCategory	City gates in Italy ⓘ Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gates of the Aurelian Walls Renaissance architecture in Rome ⓘ
hasCity	Rome ⓘ
hasConstructionEndDate	1574 ⓘ
hasConstructionStartDate	1574 ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	major historic entrance to Rome ⓘ
hasFunction	city entrance ⓘ road gateway ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Renaissance ⓘ
hasInscription	Latin inscription on the façade ⓘ
hasNearbySquare	Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano ⓘ surface form: Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano
hasOrientation	facing southeast from the city center ⓘ
hasSingleArch	true ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural heritage of Rome ⓘ
inception	1574 ⓘ
isAccessPointTo	Lateran quarter ⓘ
isOn	southern section of the Aurelian Walls ⓘ
isPartOf	historic center of Rome ⓘ
isPreserved	true ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
isVisibleFrom	Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano ⓘ surface form: Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Lateran Hill ⓘ surface form: Lateran area Rome ⓘ
locatedNear	Basilica of Saint John Lateran ⓘ surface form: Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano ⓘ surface form: Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano
materialUsed	travertine ⓘ
namedAfter	Basilica of Saint John Lateran ⓘ surface form: Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: Saint John the Baptist
partOf	Aurelian Walls at Porta San Paolo ⓘ surface form: Aurelian Walls
replaced	Porta Asinaria ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Basilica of Saint John Lateran → nearbyLandmark → Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls ⓘ

Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls → hasCategory → Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gates of the Aurelian Walls