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* Porta (rapper) (born 1988), stagename of Christian Jiménez Bundo, a Spanish rap singer *
Bernardo Porta Bernardo Porta (1758,Marc Honegger, Dictionnaire de la musique : Tome 2, Les Hommes et leurs œuvres. L-Z, Paris, Bordas, 1979, 1232 p. (), p. 872 Rome – 11 June 1829, Paris) was an Italian composer who was active in France. Biography After co ...
(1758–1829), Italian composer active in France *
Bianca Della Porta Bianca Della Porta (born 23 March 1991 in Dorval, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey and rugby player who has played for professional teams in both sports. Hockey career Bianca Della Porta began playing hockey at the age of 8. She played seve ...
(born 1991), Canadian ice hockey and rugby player *
Carlo Porta Carlo Porta (June 15, 1775 – January 5, 1821) was an Italian poet, the most famous writer in Milanese (the prestige dialect of the Lombard language). Biography Porta was born in Milan to Giuseppe Porta and Violante Gottieri, a merchant famil ...
(1775–1821), Italian poet in the Milanese dialect * Costanzo Porta (1528–1601), Italian composer of the Renaissance *
Giacomo della Porta Giacomo della Porta (1532–1602) was an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked on many important buildings in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica. He was born at Porlezza, Lombardy and died in Rome. Biography Giacomo Della Porta was ...
(1532–1602), Italian sculptor and architect *
Giambattista della Porta Giambattista della Porta (; 1535 – 4 February 1615), also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta, was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Renaissance, Scientific Revolution and Reformation. Giamb ...
(1535–1615), Neapolitan physician and playwright *
Giovanni Porta Giovanni Porta (c. 1677 – 21 June 1755) was an Italian opera composer. His opera '' Argippo'', to a libretto by Domenico Lalli, was premiered in Venice in 1717.Freeman, Daniel E. (1992)''The Opera Theater of Count Franz Anton Von Sporck i ...
(1675–1755), Italian composer *
Hugo Porta Hugo Porta (born 11 September 1951) is a former Argentine Rugby Union footballer, an inductee of both the International Rugby Hall of Fame and IRB Hall of Fame, and one of the best fly-halves the sport has seen. During the 1970s and 1980s, he pl ...
(born 1951), Argentine rugby union footballer *
Livio Dante Porta Livio Dante Porta (21 March 1922 – 10 June 2003) was an Argentine steam locomotive engineer. He is particularly remembered for his innovative modifications to existing locomotive systems in order to obtain better performance and energy effici ...
(1923–2003), Argentine engineer * Luigi Porta (1800–1875), Italian surgeon *
Miquel Porta Miquel Porta (Barcelona, 1957) is a Catalan physician, epidemiologist and scholar. He has promoted the integration of biological, clinical and environmental knowledge and methods in health research and teaching, which he has conducted internationa ...
(born 1957), Spanish epidemiologist and scholar *
Richard Porta Richard Aníbal Porta Candelaresi (born 1 August 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a two-time golden boot winner, having won the award whilst at River Plate and most recently at Nacional in Uruguay's P ...
(born 1983), Uruguayan Australian footballer


Places

* La Porta, a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica * Porta (Barcelona) a neighbourhood of Barcelona, Spain *
Porta, Pyrénées-Orientales Porta (; ca, Porta) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Porta is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondis ...
, a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France * Porta, Thessaly, a pass and settlement in Thessaly, central Greece * Porta, Xanthi, a district of Xanthi in Thrace, northeastern Greece * ''Porta'', the Hungarian name for Poarta village,
Bran Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the hard outer layers of cereal grain. It consists of the combined aleurone and pericarp. Corn (maize) bran also includes the pedicel (tip cap). Along with germ, it is an integral part of whole grains, ...
Commune, Braşov County, Romania *
Porta del Sol Porta del Sol is a tourism region in western Puerto Rico. It consists of 17 municipalities in the western area: Quebradillas, Isabela, San Sebastián, Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón, Añasco, Mayagüez, Las Marías, Maricao, Hormigueros, San Ge ...
, a tourism region in western Puerto Rico * Porta Littoria, the name applied from 1939 to 1946 for the town of La Thuile in the Valle d’Aosta, Italy *
Porta Westfalica Porta Westfalica () is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name "''Porta Westfalica''" is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia". Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of West ...
in Germany * Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany


Convents

* Porta Coeli (Moravia), in the Czech Republic, a convent from 1239 after which an asteroid is named * Porta Coeli (Puerto Rico), in San Germán, Puerto Rico


Railway stations

* Porta Alpina, a proposed railway station to be located in the middle of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in southern Switzerland * Porta Nuova, Turin, a railway station in Turin, northern Italy *
Verona Porta Nuova railway station Verona Porta Nuova is the main railway station of Verona, Italy. It is one of the two stations serving central Verona; the other station, Verona Porta Vescovo, is located at the east of the city. It is situated at ''Piazzale XXV Aprile'' ("25 A ...
, in Verona, northern Italy * Porta Susa, a railway station in Turin, northern Italy * Porta Gia Ton Ourano, a song recorded by Greek pop singer Elena Paparizou


City gates

* Porta Appia, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, now known as the Porta San Sebastiano *
Porta Asinaria The Porta Asinaria is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome. Dominated by two protruding tower blocks and associated guard rooms, it was built between 271 and 275 AD, at the same time as the Wall itself. It was not rebuilt or fortified in the ti ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Borsari, a Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy. *
Porta Capena Porta Capena was a gate in the Servian Wall in Rome, Italy. The gate was located in the area of Piazza di Porta Capena, where the Caelian Hill, Caelian, Palatine Hill, Palatine and Aventine Hill, Aventine hills meet. Probably its exact position ...
, a gate in the Servian Wall near the Caelian Hill, in Rome *
Porta Capuana The Porta Capuana is an ancient city gate in Naples, Italy. The gate also gives name to the zone, which is one of the ten boroughs of Naples. This zone being part of the Fourth Municipality. In spite of the name, the portal is not the ancien ...
, an ancient city gate in Naples, southern Italy *
Porta Collina The Colline Gate ( Latin ''Porta Collina'') was a landmark in ancient Rome, supposed to have been built by Servius Tullius, semi-legendary king of Rome 578–535 BC. The gate stood at the north end of the Servian Wall, and past it were two ...
, a gate at the north end of the Servian Wall of Rome * Porta de Santiago, a small gate house and the only remaining part of the A Famosa fortress in Malacca, Malaysia *
Porta Decumana In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...
, the back gate of a Roman ''castrum'' *
Porta Esquilina The Porta Esquilina (or Esquiline Gate) was a gate in the Servian Wall,Platner, S.B. and Ashby, T. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome''. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University, Press. 1929 of which the Arch of Gallienus is extant tod ...
, a gate in the Servian Wall of Rome * Porta Flaminia, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Latina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Leoni, an ancient Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy *
Porta Liviana The Walls of Padua (Italian: ''cinta muraria di Padova'') are a complex of defensive works around the Italian city of Padua, designed to defend it from hostile attack. It was built in 4 phases. Phases Roman Of the walls built during the ancient ...
, a medieval gate in the walls of Padua, Italy *
Porta Maggiore The Porta Maggiore ("Larger Gate"), or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome. Through the gate ran two ancient roads: the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana. The Via ...
, or Porta Prenestina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Nigra, in Trier, Germany *
Porta Nomentana The Porta Nomentana was one of the gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. It is located along viale del Policlinico, around 70 m east of Porta Pia. It is now blocked and merely a boundary wall for the British Embassy. History It was ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Ognissanti (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua * Porta Ostiensis, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome *
Porta Pia Porta Pia is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after him. Situated at the end of a new street, the Via Pia, it was designed by Michelangelo in replacement for the P ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome *
Porta Pinciana Porta Pinciana is a gate of the Aurelian Walls in Rome. The name derives from the ''gens'' Pincia, who owned the eponymous hill (Pincian Hill). In ancient times it was also called ''Porta Turata'' ("Plugged Gate", for it was partially closed) ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome *
Porta Portese Porta Portese is an ancient city gate, located at the end of Via Portuense, where it meets Via Porta Portese, about a block from the banks of the Tiber in the southern edge of the Rione Trastevere of Rome, Italy. History The gate was built in ...
, a gate in the seventeenth-century Janiculum Walls of Rome * Porta Portuensis (or Porta Maggiore), a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Praetoria, the main gate of a Roman ''castrum'' *
Porta Praenestina The Porta Maggiore ("Larger Gate"), or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome. Through the gate ran two ancient roads: the Via Praenestina and the Via Labicana. The Via P ...
(or Porta Maggiore), a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Prenestina (or Porta Maggiore), a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta San Giovanni (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua *
Porta Salaria Porta Salaria was a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. Constructed between 271 AD and 275 AD, it was finally demolished in 1921. History Porta Salaria was part of the Aurelian Walls built by emperor Aurelian in the 3rd century, includ ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome *
Porta San Giovanni (Rome) Porta San Giovanni is a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, Italy, named after the nearby Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. History It is made up of a single grand arch built for Pope Gregory XIII in ''opera forse'' by Giacomo della Porta or, ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta San Giovanni (San Gimignano), a gate in the walls of San Gimignano * Porta San Giovanni (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua * Porta San Lorenzo, the ancient Porta Tiburtina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Palatina in Turin, Italy * Porta San Pancrazio, a gate in the Janiculum district of Rome *
Porta San Paolo The Porta San Paolo (English: Saint Paul Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Via Ostiense Museum (') is housed within the gatehouse. It is in the Ostiense quarter; just to the west is the Roma ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta San Sebastiano, the ancient Porta Appia, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome * Porta Santa Croce (Padua), a gate in the walls of Padua *
Porta Savonarola (Padua) The Walls of Padua (Italian: ''cinta muraria di Padova'') are a complex of defensive works around the Italian city of Padua, designed to defend it from hostile attack. It was built in 4 phases. Phases Roman Of the walls built during the ancient ...
, a gate in the walls of Padua *
Porta Settimiana Porta Settimiana is one of the gates of the Aurelian walls in Rome, Italy). It rises at the northern vertex of the rough triangle traced by the town walls, built by Emperor Aurelian in the 3rd century, in the area of Trastevere an up through the ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome *
Porta Tiburtina Porta Tiburtina or Porta San Lorenzo is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy, through which the Via Tiburtina exits the city. History The gate originally was an arch, built under Augustus, in the point in which three aqueducts (Aqua M ...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome *
Porta Trigemina The Porta Trigemina was one of the main gates in the ancient 4th century Servian Wall of Rome, Italy. The gate no longer exists, but it is frequently mentioned by ancient authors as standing between the north end of the Aventine Hill and the Tiber ...
, a gate in the fourth-century Servian Wall of Rome *
Porta del Popolo The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio. History The previous name was ''Porta Flaminia'', because the consular Via Flaminia ...
, once the Porta Flaminia, a gate in the fourth-century Servian Wall of Rome


Other

* Porta, a mobile GSM carrier of Ecuador owned by
América Móvil América Móvil is a Mexican telecommunications corporation headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the 7th largest mobile network operator in terms of equity subscribers and one of the largest corporations in the world. América Móvil is a ...
* Porta, the main brand of beer engine manufacturer Porter Lancastrian *
Porta a Porta ''Porta a Porta'' (literally ''Door-to-door'') is an Italian late night television talk show hosted by the Italian journalist Bruno Vespa Bruno Paolo Vespa (born 27 May 1944) is an Italian television and newspaper journalist. A former directo ...
, an Italian television talk show * Porta-bote, a small, portable, foldable boat * Porta cath, or port, or portacath, a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin * Porta classroom, a temporary building installed on the grounds of a school to provide additional classroom space *
Porta-Color General Electric's Porta-Color was the first "portable" color television introduced in the United States in 1966. The Porta-Color set introduced a new variation of the shadow mask display tube. It had the electron guns arranged in an in-line confi ...
, a portable color television * Porta della Pescheria, the north portal of the Cathedral of Modena *
Porta hepatis The porta hepatis or transverse fissure of the liver is a short but deep fissure, about 5 cm long, extending transversely beneath the left portion of the right lobe of the liver, nearer its posterior surface than its anterior border. It join ...
, or transverse fissure of the liver * Porta Hotel Antigua a hotel in Antigua * Porta Hungarica, the Devín Gate or Hainburger Gate, a natural gate in the Danube valley at the border of Slovakia and Austria * Porta-ledge, a deployable hanging tent system designed for rock climbers * Porta Obscura, an album by German gothic metal band Coronatus * Porta potty, a portable toilet * Porta Prima Augustus, a 2.04m high marble statue of Augustus Caesar *
Porta Westfalica (gorge) Weser watershed The Porta Westfalica, also known as the Westphalian Gap, is a gorge and water gap where the Weser river breaks through the passage between the mountain chains of the Wiehen Hills in the west and the Weser Hills (part of the W ...
, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *
Portakabin A portable, demountable or transportable building is a building designed and built to be movable rather than permanently located. Smaller version of portable buildings are also known as portable cabins. Portable cabins are prefabricated structu ...
, an English trade name for a kind of portable building *
PortaPuTTY Putty is a material with high plasticity, similar in texture to clay or dough, typically used in domestic construction and repair as a sealant or filler. Although some types of putty (typically those using linseed oil) slowly polymerise and be ...
, a terminal emulator application * Porta, a common misspelling of Kodak Portra film


See also

* Portanova (disambiguation) {{disambig, geo, surname