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Porta Pretoria (Aosta)

Porta Pretoria (Aosta)

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Porta Pretoria (Aosta)

Name: Porta Pretoria (Aosta)
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Location: Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy

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1. Visit Aosta by bike — Ring tour

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2. Porta Pretoria (Aosta) – Torre dei Balivi loop from Aosta

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3. Porta Pretoria (Aosta) – Col du Grand Saint-Bernard loop from Aosta

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07:11

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Willem VS

March 22, 2024

The Porta Pretoria was one of the four gateways to Roman Aosta. These gates were used to collect tolls on traders entering the city. The gate was built with puddinga, but during the second half of the 1st century AD it underwent a restyling with the addition of green bardiglio marble from the Aymavilles quarries and white Carrara marble. In the Middle Ages, one of the towers was inhabited by the powerful Port Sancti Ursi family, who collected toll booths from anyone who passed through. They also built a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity, which was unfortunately destroyed during later restoration work in the Fascist period. Today, the Porta Pretoria still forms the entrance to the historic center of Aosta and is one of the city's most important monuments

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PinionRadlerJan

March 19, 2021

Interesting old Roman city gate, around 25 BC Built as the main gate of the Roman settlement.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aosta#Sehensw%C3%BCrdbaren

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Nicola Amadini

May 6, 2022

The Porta Pretoria or Praetorian Gate is the gateway to the east of the ancient Roman city of Augusta Prætoria Salassorum (Aosta). It was built in 25 BC. and is today in an excellent state of conservation. It is made up of two series of arches - a major central one and two minor lateral ones - which enclose a parade ground. On both arches you can see the walkways of the sentries, who controlled the city for defensive purposes.

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Porta Pretoria (Aosta)

1. Visit Aosta by bike — Ring tour

2. Porta Pretoria (Aosta) – Torre dei Balivi loop from Aosta

3. Porta Pretoria (Aosta) – Col du Grand Saint-Bernard loop from Aosta

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