Porta S. Paolo

The gate built by Aurelianus in 275 A.D. is the internal one and has two passages. Thus the name of Trigemina was given to the gate because of the three passages (overall). The original name however was Porta Ostiensis as it led to ancient Ostia. The name S. Paolo refers to the fact that pilgrims went from here to St. Paul's Basilica (through a mile long little porch). The gate is now at the center of a very large square and traffic goes around the gate through large passages in the walls. The small church of SS. Salvatore was pulled down to enlarge Via Ostiense. The area is close to a railway station, to the underground and to the metropolitan railway to Ostia
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