Rome Sights

Porta Pia

#250 of 963 things to do in Rome

#7450 of 49054 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Piazzale Porta Pia
  • Transport
    • Via XX Settembre

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Lonely Planet review for Porta Pia

An imposing crenellated structure, the Michelangelo-designed Porta Pia was the scene of bitter street-fighting in 1870 as Italian troops breached the adjacent walls to wrest the city from the pope and claim it for the nascent kingdom of Italy. The concrete monstrosity just inside the city walls is the British Embassy. Opposite it is Villa Paolina, the residence of Napoleon’s sister Paolina Bonaparte between 1816 and 1824 and now the French embassy to the Holy See.

 

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