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The Palatine Gate ((イタリア語:Porta Palatina or Porte Palatine); Piedmontese: ''Tor Roman-e'') is a Roman Age city gate located in Turin, Italy. The gate provided access through the city walls of ''Julia Augusta Taurinorum'' (modern Turin) from the North side and, as a result, it constituted the ''Porta Principalis Dextra'' (Right-Side Main Gate) 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.〔http://www.museoarcheologicotorino.beniculturali.it/〕 == Etymology == 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,〔This palace is thought to have hosted some notable historical figures, such as Charlemagne (in 773), Charles the Bald, Lothair (in 947) and Frederick Barbarossa. However, we have no documentation confirming these events with certainty.〕 or perhaps the ''Palazzo di Città'' (Palace of the City), 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).〔The presence of an amphitheatre is suggested by the particular conformation of the nearby ''Via Borgo Dora'', which features an elliptical track that could be the residual evidence of a circus.〕 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'').〔To this day, the name ''Porta Palazzo'' lives on in the nearby ''mercato di Porta Palazzo'', the historical open market of the neighbourhood which is also the biggest one of its kind in Europe.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palatine Towers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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