Porta Metronia

Porta Metronia is one of the Aurelian gates of Rome in the southern section of the wall.

History
At the end of the Middle Ages, the gate was closed and the entrance bricked up. Because of the increasing traffic pressure in the modern era there are four main passages in addition to the original gate in the Aurelian Walls made. The ground level around the port through the ages has increased significantly. This is the original passage has been partially underground. The tower is only the upper part of the arcade of the passage visible.

Database entry
Built in conjunction with the Mura Aureliane (Aurelian Walls), the Porta Metronia was sealed at the end of the Middle Ages, allowing Pope Callixtus II to create a small channel through it for the Acqua Mariana, a river whose stagnant waters would later cause an outbreak in 1601.

''Good dead + passage of time = plague. That's the circle of life.''