Porta Maggiore
A satellite photo can be found here.
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The Porta Maggiore, seen from the inside. Through the left gate, the Tomb of Eurysaces is visible. At this gate, the ancient Via Labicana and Via Praenestina left Rome. The gate itself, made of travertine, carried the canals of the aqueducts known as Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus (which were built between 38 and 52). Other aqueducts ran underground. | |
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Model of the Porta Maggiore and the tomb of Eurysaces, seen from the outside. The inscriptions state that the emperor Claudius had finished the construction; that Vespasian had repaired it; and that Titus had done the same. (This model is at the Museo nazionale della civiltà romana, Rome.) | |
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The northern gate of the Porta Maggiore, seen from the outside. The ancient pavement still survives. | |
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The canals of the aqueducts on top of the Porta Maggiore.
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