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Porta Nigra — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 19, 2021 04:06 PM

The so-called "Porta Nigra" is a surviving Roman city gate that dates to ca. A.D. 186-200. It was enlisted as part of the "Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.

Porta Nomentana — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 26, 2024 05:26 PM

The Porta Nomentana was a single-arch gateway in the Aurelianic Walls of Rome built between 270 and 273 AD by the emperor Aurelian.

Porta Ostiensis — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 12, 2020 09:53 AM

The Porta Ostiensis, now known as the Porta San Paolo, is a gate in Rome's Aurelian Wall from which the Via Ostiensis issues.

Porta Salaria — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 11, 2023 01:59 PM

A gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome (ca. 271-275 CE) by means of which the Via Salaria exited the city, heading northward. The date was damaged during the bombardment of Rome in 1870 and was subsequently replaced (1873). The replacement gate was demolished in 1921. The site of the Porta Salaria is today occupied by Piazza Fiume.

Porta Solestà — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jul 25, 2016 11:54 AM

The Porta Solestà is one of the gates of Ascoli Piceno.

Porta Tiburtina — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 17, 2024 10:45 PM

The Porta Tiburtina is a gate in the Aurelianic Walls through which the Via Tiburtina passes. It is also known today as the Porta San Larenzo.

Porta Trasimena — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Apr 13, 2022 01:00 PM

The Porta Trasimena or Arco di San Luca is a third-century B.C. gate in the Etruscan wall of Perusia.

Porte de Mars — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 15, 2024 10:15 AM

The Porte de Mars is a Roman triumphal arch in Reims, France, that dates from the third century A.D.

Poseidonia/Paestum — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Jul 09, 2024 10:24 AM

A major Greco-Roman center of south Italy, Poseidonia/Paestum was originally founded by Greeks from Sybaris in the seventh century BC, who named the settlement Poseidonia. After the Pyrrhic war, the city became a Latin colony named Paestum ca. 273 BC.

Praeneste — by L. Quilici — last modified Jun 20, 2023 11:38 AM

An ancient city of central Italy, the eighth and seventh century B.C. origins of which demonstrate high-level trade contact with the Eastern Mediterranean world. The city withdrew from the Latin League (499 B.C.) and opposed Rome in the Latin war; Cincinnatus eventually subdued Praeneste. Sulla founded a new colony there in the first century B.C.

Propylaea at Athens — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified May 01, 2024 02:24 PM

A monumental gateway at the western end of the Athenian Acropolis. As an element of the Periklean remaking of the Athenian Acropolis, work on the Propylaea commenced in 437 BCE and was abandoned, unfinished, in 432 BCE. The architect Mnesikles was responsible for the Propylaea.

Proserpina — by Jr. — last modified Aug 09, 2024 03:01 PM

A Roman-era reservoir and dam northwest of modern Mérida in Spain, which was tapped to supply Emerita Augusta (modern Mérida) via aqueduct.

Pteleon — by J. Fossey — last modified Aug 02, 2023 01:00 PM

An Archaic to Late Antique settlement and Mycenaean tombs on the hill Gritsa south of modern Pteleos in Magnesia Thessaly.

Puente del Chantre — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 02, 2023 04:49 PM

A Medieval bridge spanning the Jucar stream.

Puente sobre el Arroyo Rabanales — by P.O. Spann — last modified Aug 11, 2022 07:06 PM

A bridge, originally of Roman date, over the modern Arroyo Rabanales (a tributary of the Guadalquivir) just east of Cordoba, Spain. The bridge was in use as late as the 1920s.

Qalaat al-Madiq — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 14, 2020 04:35 AM

A town and medieval fortress in northwestern Syria adjacent to the site of ancient Apamea.

Rabati Malik — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 06, 2021 07:39 PM

An eleventh-century caravanserai along the Silk Road, now located in Uzbekistan. Rabati Malik Caravanserai was built under Karakhanid Shams-al-Mulk Nasr, son of Tamgachkhan Ibragim who ruled in Samarkand from 1068 to 1080. The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008.

Radicofani — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 04, 2024 11:16 AM

Radicofani, located ca. 60 km southeast of Siena, is the site of the tenth-century AD castle of the Carolingian Ghino di Tacco.

Redicolo — by L. Quilici — last modified Mar 08, 2023 11:46 AM

The Tomb of Annia Regilla (vix. A.D. 125-160), the wife of Herodes Atticus. The tomb is also erroneously known as the "Temple of the God Rediculum" and was used in the Middle Ages as a hay barn.

Río Alcudia — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Aug 22, 2024 11:23 AM

The Alcudia River, also known as the Cabra River in its upper course, is a tributary of the Guadalmez River, which in turn is a tributary of the Zújar River, a tributary of the Guadiana. Its course runs more than 70 km.

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