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porta
The gate of an ancient Roman city.
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He was to leave the city by the Porta del Popolo, skirt the outer wall, and re-enter by the Porta San Giovanni; thus they would behold the Colosseum without finding their impressions dulled by first looking on the Capitol, the Forum, the Arch of Septimus Severus, the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, and the Via Sacra.
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I have left the island with my wife and child without being able to discover whether, indeed, Luigi Porta is alive.
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