Porta Salaria

wall · 30 BC – 1453 AD

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.