Porta Pia
Porta Pia is a gate in the Aurelian Wall in Rome on Via XX Settembre.
history
The former city gate was named after the client Pope Pius IV. It was built between 1561 and 1565 according to plans by Michelangelo (completed after his death by Giacomo del Duca ), as a replacement for the Porta Nomentana a few hundred meters to the south , which belonged to the same Time was closed. In 1575 a second archway was added due to the high volume of traffic.
The following inscription is located above the portal on the side facing the city:
PIVS IV PONT MAX PORTAM PIAM SVBLATA NOMENTANA EXTRVXIT VIAM PIAM AEQVATA ALTA SEMITA DVXIT
The following inscription has been located above the portal on the side facing away from the city since 1855:
HIEROMARTYRIBVS MAGNIS ALEXANDRO PONT MAX AGNETI VIRG QVORVM TROPAEIS VIA NOMENTANA NOBILITATVR PIVS IX PONTIFEX MAXIMVS ANNO SACRI PRINC XXIII PORTAM PIAM NOVIS OPERIBVS COMMVNITAM EXORNATAM DEDICAVIT DECESSORI INVICTO SOSPITATRICI SVAE IOSEPHO FERRARIO ANTISTITE VRBANO PRAEFECTO AERARI
A few meters northwest of the gate, the Bersaglieri broke through the wall on September 20, 1870, marched into Rome and thus completed the unification of Italy . At this point ( Italian Breccia di Porta Pia ) card there is a memorial. In front of the Porta Pia there is a monumental monument to a Bersagliere . The Bersaglieri Historical Museum is therefore now located in the side rooms of the city gate.
At Porta Pia, the anti-fascist activist Gino Lucetti dropped a bomb on the car in which Benito Mussolini was sitting on September 11, 1926 , but missed his target.
Web links
- Roma leggendaria (Italian)
Individual references, comments
Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 33 " N , 12 ° 30 ′ 4" E