Porta San Sebastiano
The Porta San Sebastiano (the ancient Porta Appia ) is a city gate of the Aurelian Wall in Rome . Directly behind the gate is the Arch of the Drusus, which was part of the Aqua Marcia aqueduct . The Via Appia , which began at Porta Capena , leads through the city gate . The part of the Via Appia Antica that runs outside the city walls begins directly at the gate .
The huge gate was rebuilt five times. Originally, two identical arches opened between two semicircular towers. During the renovation by Emperor Honorius , 401 to 402, the towers, which have now been expanded and reinforced, as well as the middle section were raised by one floor. Like the Porta Latina , this gate was also secured by two gate wings and a portcullis. After his occupation of Rome in 536, Belisarius , the general of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I , expanded the gate using the existing marble blocks and provided it with the two strong semicircular side towers.
The Museo delle Mura (City Wall Museum) is housed in the towers.
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Arch of the Drusus
The Arch of the Drusus in front of the Porta San Sebastio.
Porta San Sebastiano
Etching by Giuseppe Vasi around 1750
Drawing by Luigi Rossini
Drawing by Luigi Rossini
Individual evidence
- ^ Anton Henze, Art Guide Rome and Latium , Philipp Reclam, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-010402-5 , p. 40
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Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 24.6 ″ N , 12 ° 30 ′ 6.5 ″ E