Aurelian Walls at Porta San Paolo

E539879

city wall section fortification

The Aurelian Walls at Porta San Paolo are a well-preserved section of Rome’s late-imperial defensive walls, incorporating one of the city’s historic southern gates near the Pyramid of Cestius.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Aurelian Walls	12
Aurelian Walls of Rome	3
Aurelian Walls (enclosed area)	1
Aurelian Walls at Porta San Paolo canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city wall section ⓘ fortification ⓘ
access	publicly accessible exterior ⓘ
adjacentTo	Porta San Paolo gate towers NERFINISHED ⓘ Via Ostiense NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	late Roman imperial military architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Ostian road (ancient route to Ostia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtUnder	Emperor Aurelian NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Probus (completion phase) NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart	3rd century AD (Aurelianic phase) ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
currentUse	historic monument ⓘ
formsGate	Porta San Paolo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	arrow slits ⓘ embrasures ⓘ towers ⓘ wall walk ⓘ
hasFunction	city defense ⓘ control of access to Rome ⓘ
hasViewOf	Non-Catholic Cemetery of Rome (nearby) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid of Cestius NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	well-preserved ⓘ
historicalRole	defense of southern approaches to Rome ⓘ
incorporates	city gate structure ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Porta San Paolo area NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome ⓘ
material	brick-faced concrete ⓘ travertine (in gate elements) ⓘ tufa ⓘ
near	Porta San Paolo NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid of Cestius NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Aurelian Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ historic center of Rome buffer zone ⓘ late-imperial defensive system of Rome ⓘ
protectionStatus	cultural heritage site of Rome ⓘ
region	Lazio ⓘ
significance	example of late-antique urban fortifications in Rome ⓘ
timePeriod	late Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourism	popular sightseeing spot ⓘ
visibleFrom	Piazzale Ostiense NERFINISHED ⓘ