Porta Palatina
A well-preserved Roman city gate from the 1st century BC, with two sixteen-sided towers framing a four-arched gateway, surrounded by an archaeological park.
Porta Palatina was the north gate of the Roman city walls from the Augustan period and is one of the best-preserved Roman city gates in the world. Its two sixteen-sided towers, each about 30 m high, were heightened in the Middle Ages. In front of the gate stand replicas of bronze statues of Caesar and Augustus, and the surrounding archaeological park preserves Roman paving and walls. Admission is free. The gate is about a 3-minute walk north of the cathedral and can be combined with the Roman Theatre ruins and Porta Palazzo Market.
Opening hours
Exterior viewable all day
Nearby sights
- Turin Cathedral
- Porta Palazzo Market
- Royal Palace of Turin
- Piazza Castello
- Palazzo Madama
- Quadrilatero Romano
- Santuario della Consolata
- Caffè Al Bicerin