Porta San Paolo in Rome

Hi Bloggers

I’m sharing a few photos of Porta San Paolo in Rome.

I was looking for a post office to send my family some postcards, and I walked by this ancient gate.

According to wikipedia, it “is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy.”

Gate was originally named “Porta Ostiensis” (Latinate).

The road out of Rome went through this gate to Ostia (the beach town I spent some time at). 

Later, it was renamed “Porta san Paolo”, because it led to St Paul Basilica outside the walls.

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This is an ancient Roman pyramid - which I’d never previously heard of!

This is the Pyramid of Caius Cestius. His tomb.

Built around 18-12BC, so incredibly well preserved.

A lot more information on wikipedia, for example:

A 18th century etching of the pyramid.

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Grafiti.

So much of this trash on Roman buildings. 😡