page_title: Porta Palatina
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Porta Palatina / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: English: Medieval place of Senate in Turin, with the modern building aside
context_page_description: The Palatine Gate is a Roman Age city gate located in Turin, Italy. The gate provided access through the city walls of Julia Augusta Taurinorum from the North side and, as a result, it constituted the Porta Principalis Dextra of the old town.
  The Palatine Gate represents the primary archaeological evidence of the city's Roman phase, and is one of the best preserved 1st-century BC Roman gateways in the world. Together with the ancient theatre's remains, located a short distance away, it is part of the so-called Archaeological Park, opened in 2006.
context_section_description: The name Porta Palatina literally refers to a palazzo (palace) placed near the gate, but it is not clear what palace is here referred to.
  The most trusted theory suggests that it might be either the former Casa del Senato (House of the Senate), a medieval palace located very close to the Palatine Gate, inside the city walls, or perhaps the Palazzo di Città (City Palace), the city hall of Turin placed not far from the gate as well (though a little farther than the old House of the Senate).
  A second theory hints to the presence of an alleged adjacent amphitheatre built near present-day Borgo Dora, a historical neighbourhood developing right outside the old city walls (north of the Porta Palatina). This facility might rapidly have fallen into disrepair and, as a result, it might simply have been dubbed palazzo by the ancients.
  Over the centuries, however, the Palatine Gate was also known by some other names, such as Porta Comitale (Count's Gate, allegedly referring to a count's residence), Porta Doranea or Porta Doranica (since it led to the Dora river) and later as Porta Palazzo (a clear synonym of Porta Palatina).
caption: The former House of the Senate
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