Example sentences for: porta

How can you use “porta” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Beyond the formidable Porta da Beja, a monumental gate in the city wall, small streets wend among bright white houses.

  • The major building of importance here is the Iglesia Porta Coeli (Church of the Gate of Heaven), a tiny terra-cotta chapel and convent founded in 1606.

  • Only with a special appointment can you visit the glorious Palazzo Farnese, built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Michelangelo, and Giacomo della Porta.

  • San Giovanni in Oleo stands near the spot, just inside the ancient Porta Latina, where St. John the Evangelist is said to have survived immersion in boiling oil.

  • Another sort of festival atmosphere prevails every Sunday, when the Porta Portese section of Trastevere hosts Rome’s liveliest and largest flea market.


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