Portus, Fiumicino

Name: Portus
Address: Fiumicino, Italy

#2 among attractions in Fiumicino

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Portus was a large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome. Sited on the north bank of the north mouth of the Tiber, on the Tyrrhenian coast, it was established by Claudius and enlarged by Trajan to supplement the nearby port of Ostia. ()

Local name: Porto Coordinates: 41°46'45"N, 12°16'0"E

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Portus – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ostia Antica, Santa Aurea, Marina of Rome, Ostia Antica.

2.1 miSE
Remains of an ancient Roman city
Ostia Antica, Rome
53 min walk • Ostia Antica is an evocative archaeological site located near the city of Rome, Italy. Once a bustling commercial port, it served as the gateway to the ancient Roman Empire, connecting trade routes across the Mediterranean.
2.3 miSE
Church
Santa Aurea, Rome
58 min walk • The Basilica of Santa Aurea is a church situated in the Ostia Antica district of Ostia, Italy. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD. The present-day church, completed in 1483, it was the seat of the suburbicarian diocese of Ostia until 1966, when Ostia became part of the diocese of Rome.
3 miS
Shopping, Piers and boardwalks, Shopping centre
Marina of Rome, Rome
77 min walk • The Marina of Rome is a tourist port that rises along the banks of Ostia, in the Municipality of Rome.
2.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Ostia Antica, Rome
56 min walk • Ostia Antica is the 35th zona of Rome, Italy, four kilometers away from the coast. It is identified by the initials Z. XXXV and it is distinct from Ostia. Ostia Antica belongs to Municipio X.
2.1 miSE
Archaeological site, Ancient Roman architecture
Baths at Ostia, Ostia
54 min walk • The Forum Baths at Ostia, otherwise known as the Thermae Gavii Maximi, are named after Marcus Gavius Maximus, who was the praetorian prefect for 20 years. The baths were intended for public use in Ostia Antica. and like many other thermae, created as a gift to the public and were therefore free.
2.4 miSE
Synagogue
Ostia Synagogue, Rome
61 min walk • The Ostia Synagogue is an ancient synagogue located in ancient Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the world, the oldest synagogue in Europe and the oldest mainstream Jewish synagogue yet uncovered outside Israel.
2.4 miSE
City
Gabii, Rome
62 min walk • Gabii was an ancient city of Latium, located 18 km due east of Rome along the Via Praenestina, which was in early times known as the Via Gabina.
2 miSE
Ruins
Piazzale delle Corporazioni, Rome
52 min walk • The Forum of Corporations, or the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, was the principal center of commerce and trade for the Roman Empire mainly during the Age of Augustus.
1.6 miSW
Island, Area
Isola Sacra, Fiumicino
41 min walk • Isola Sacra is situated in the Lazio region of Italy south of Rome, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is part of the town of Fiumicino.
2.1 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Theatre, Rome
53 min walk • The Roman theater at Ostia was built in the Augustan age and remodeled in the late second century. In the numbering given to Ostian buildings by postwar excavators it corresponds to II,VII,2.
0.8 miNW
41°47'14"N • 12°15'15"E
Museo delle Navi Romane, Fiumicino
22 min walk • Museum

Portus, Fiumicino

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Portus – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)