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People
- Porta (rapper)Porta (rapper)Cristian Jiménez Bundo, known as El Porta or simply Porta, is a Spanish rapper, born 2 July 1988 in Barcelona.-Biography:Porta began to record rap songs when he was twelve, compiling his demos and releasing his first album, No Es Cuestión de Edades, in 2006. This was followed in 2007 with No Hay...
(born 1988), stagename of Christian Jiménez Bundo, a Spanish rap singer - Carlo PortaCarlo PortaCarlo Porta was an Italian poet, the most famous writer in Milanese .-Biography:...
(1775–1821), Italian poet in the Milanese dialect - Costanzo PortaCostanzo PortaCostanzo Porta was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, and a representative of what is known today as the Venetian School. He was highly praised throughout his life both as a composer and a teacher, and had a reputation especially as an expert contrapuntist.-Biography:Porta was born in Cremona...
(1528–1601), Italian composer of the Renaissance - Giacomo della PortaGiacomo della PortaGiacomo della Porta 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:...
(1532–1602), Italian sculptor and architect - Giambattista della PortaGiambattista della PortaGiambattista della Porta , also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta and John Baptist Porta, was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Scientific Revolution and Reformation....
(1535–1615), Neapolitan physician and playwright - Giovanni PortaGiovanni PortaGiovanni Porta was an Italian opera composer.One of the masters of early 18th-century opera and one of the leading Venetian musicians, Porta made his way from Rome, to Vicenza, to Verona, then London where his opera Numitore was performed in 1720 by the Royal Academy of Music , and eventually back...
(1675–1755), Italian composer - Hugo PortaHugo PortaHugo Porta 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...
(1951), Argentinean rugby union footballer - Livio Dante PortaLivio Dante PortaLivio Dante Porta was an Argentine steam locomotive engineer. He is particularly remembered for his innovative modifications to existing locomotive systems in order to obtain higher performance, energy efficiency and reduced pollution. He developed the Kylpor and Lempor exhaust systems...
(1923–2003), Argentinean engineer
Places
- La PortaLa PortaLa Porta d'Ampugnani is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.La Porta is situated in the heart of the Castagniccia, of which this is the largest settlement...
, a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica - Porta (Barcelona) a neighbourhood of Barcelona, Spain
- Porta, Pyrénées-OrientalesPorta, Pyrénées-OrientalesPorta is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.-References:*...
, a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France - Porta (Xanthi), Greece, a district of Xanthi in Thrace, northeastern Greece
- Porta, the HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
name for Poarta village, BranBran, BrasovBran is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It lies at 30 km from the city of Braşov and is composed of five villages: Bran, Poarta, Predeluţ, Şimon and Sohodol...
Commune, Braşov County, Romania - Porta del SolPorta del SolPorta del Sol is a tourism region in western Puerto Rico. It consist of 17 municipalities in the western area: Quebradillas, Isabela, San Sebastián, Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón, Añasco, Mayagüez, Las Marías, Maricao, Hormigueros, San Germán, Sábana Grande, Guánica, Lajas and Cabo Rojo. Porta...
, 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 WestfalicaPorta WestfalicaPorta 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 Westphalia...
in Germany
Convents
- Porta Coeli (Moravia)Porta Coeli (Moravia)Porta coeli is a 13th-century convent located in Tišnov, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, after which the asteroid 3276 Porta Coeli is named...
, 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 AlpinaPorta AlpinaPorta Alpina was a proposed railway station to be located in the middle of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in southern Switzerland. The project was put on indefinite hold in 2007. It would have been the deepest underground train station in the world....
, 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 stationVerona Porta Nuova railway stationVerona Porta Nuova is the main railway station of the Italian city of Verona near the city centre in the square of Piazzale 25 Aprile. It was originally opened in 1852, but was substantially rebuilt between 1910 and 1922. It was rebuilt again between 1946 and 1949 after being largely destroyed by...
, in Verona, northern Italy - Porta Susa, a railway station in Turin, northern Italy
- Porta Gia Ton OuranoPorta Gia Ton Ourano"Porta Gia Ton Ourano" is a song recorded by Greek pop singer Elena Paparizou and the first single from Vrisko To Logo Na Zo. The song was released as a single on April 8, 2008 to radio stations all over Greece and Cyprus.- Song information :...
, 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 AsinariaPorta AsinariaThe 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 270 and 273, at the same time as the Wall itself...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta BorsariPorta BorsariPorta Borsari is an ancient Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy.It dates to the 1st century AD, though it was most likely built over a pre-existing gate from the 1st century BC. An inscription dating from emperor Gallienus' reign reports another reconstruction in 265 AD...
, a Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy. - Porta CapenaPorta CapenaThe Porta Capena was a gate in the Servian Wall near the Caelian Hill, in Rome, Italy according to Roman tradition the sacred grove where Numa Pompilius and the nymph Egeria used to meet. It was one of the main entries to the city of Rome, since it opened on the Appian Way...
, a gate in the Servian Wall near the Caelian Hill, in Rome - Porta CapuanaPorta CapuanaPorta Capuana is an ancient city gate in Naples, southern Italy.In spite of the name, the portal is not the ancient gateway to the decumanus maximus, the main east-west road that once led out of Roman Naples to Capua...
, an ancient city gate in Naples, southern Italy - Porta CollinaPorta CollinaThe Colline Gate 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 important streets, the Via Salaria and Via Nomentana. Within this area the Alta Semita...
, 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, the back gate of a Roman castrum
- Porta EsquilinaPorta EsquilinaThe Porta Esquilina was a gate in the Servian Wall Tradition dates it back to the 6th century BC, when the Servian Wall was said to have been built by the Roman king Servius Tullius, however modern scholarship and evidence from archaeology indicates a date in the fourth century BC...
, a gate in the Servian Wall of Rome - Porta Flaminia, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome
- Porta LatinaPorta LatinaThe Porta Latina is a single-arched gate in the Aurelian Walls of ancient Rome. It marked the Rome end of the Via Latina and gives its name to the church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta LeoniPorta LeoniPorta Leoni is an ancient Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy.The gate was built during the Roman Republic by P. Valerius, Q. Caecilius, Q. Servilius and P. Cornelius, and restructured in imperial times. It was connected to the road which led to Bologna and Aquileia.The original Roman name is...
, an ancient Roman gate in Verona, northern Italy - Porta Liviana, a medieval gate in the walls of Padua, Italy
- Porta MaggiorePorta MaggioreThe Porta Maggiore , or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome....
, or Porta Prenestina, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta NigraPorta NigraThe Porta Nigra is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is today the largest Roman city gate north of the Alps and has been designated a World Heritage Site....
, in Trier, Germany - Porta NomentanaPorta NomentanaThe 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:...
, 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 PiaPorta PiaPorta 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 Porta Nomentana situated several hundred meters...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta PincianaPorta PincianaPorta Pinciana is a gate of the Aurelian Walls in Rome.The name derives from the gens Pincia, who owned the epponymous hill...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta PortesePorta PortesePorta Portese is a gate in Rome, Italy.The gate was built in 1644 as part of the Janiculum Walls commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, replacing the Porta Portuensis. Until the late 19th century, the Ripa Grande port was located in the nearby...
, 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 (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 SalariaPorta SalariaPorta Salaria was a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy, demolished in 1921.-History:Porta Salaria was part of the Aurelian Walls built by emperor Aurelian in the 3rd century, including pre-existing constructions in order to hasten the works. Under it passed the Via Salaria nova, which joined...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta San Giovanni (Rome)Porta San Giovanni (Rome)Porta San Giovanni is a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, Italy, named after the nearby Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano.-History:It is made up of a single grand arch built for pope Gregory XIII in "opera forse" by Giacomo della Porta or, it is argued, Giacomo del Duca, who had collaborated...
, 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 PancrazioPorta San PancrazioThe Porta San Pancrazio is a gate in the district Janiculum, Rome, Italy.It was built in 1854 by Virginio Vespignani. It replaces the old one which was erected at the time of Pope Urban VIII and later severely damaged during battles in 1849....
, a gate in the Janiculum district of Rome - Porta San PaoloPorta San PaoloThe Porta San Paolo is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Ostiense Museum is housed within in the gatehouse...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta San SebastianoPorta San SebastianoPorta San Sebastiano is the modern name for the ancient Porta Appia, a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, through which the Via Appia, now the Via di Porta San Sebastiano at that location, left the city in a southeasterly direction. It was refortified at the end of the 4th century and was again...
, 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), a gate in the walls of Padua
- Porta SettimianaPorta SettimianaThe Porta Settimiana is a gate in the Aurelian Wall in Rome. It was built in 1498 by Pope Alexander VI, and it marks the beginning of the Via della Lungara on the south side....
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta TiburtinaPorta TiburtinaPorta Tiburtina or Porta San Lorenzo is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy, through which the Via Tiburtina exits the city.- History :...
, a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of Rome - Porta TrigeminaPorta TrigeminaThe 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 River, it is presumed near the Forum Boarium.It is...
, a gate in the fourth-century Servian Wall of Rome - Porta del Popolo, 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 MóvilAmérica MóvilAmérica Móvil is a Mexican telecommunication company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the fourth largest mobile network operator in terms of equity subscribers, one of the largest corporations in Latin America, and the world. America Movil is a Fortune 500 company...
- Porta, the main brand of Beer engineBeer engineA beer engine is a device for pumping beer, originally manually operated and typically used to dispense beer from a cask or container in a pub's basement or cellar. It was invented by the locksmith and hydraulic engineer Joseph Bramah in 1797...
manufacturer Porter LancastrianPorter LancastrianPorter Lancastrian Limited is a leading English manufacturer of point of sale dispense equipment for the brewing industry. Porter Lancastrian Limited is also the UK's premier manufacturer of bathroom televisions... - Porta a PortaPorta a PortaPorta a Porta is an Italian late night television talk show hosted by the Italian journalist Bruno Vespa and is broadcast on Rai Uno since 1996 and is re-broadcast on Raisat Extra....
, an Italian television talk show - Porta-botePorta-boteA portaboat is a type of small recreational boat that folds to 4 inches flat for storage and transport....
, 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-ColorPorta-ColorGeneral Electric's Porta-Color was the first "portable" color television introduced in the United States. The Porta-Color set introduced a new display system that improved image brightness, allowing the set to operate at lower power than competing systems based on the almost universal shadow mask...
, a portable color television - Porta della Pescheria, the north portal of the Cathedral of Modena
- Porta hepatis, or transverse fissure of the liver
- Porta Hotel AntiguaPorta Hotel AntiguaThe Porta Hotel Antigua is a noted 5 star hotel in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Formerly known simply as "Hotel Antigua" the Porta Hotel Antigua it is one of the oldest and most famous hotels in the town....
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 ObscuraPorta ObscuraPorta Obscura is the second studio album by German gothic metal band Coronatus. It contains 11 tracks plus 2 bonus tracks included in the limited edition digipak which was released along with the standard edition...
, 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)Porta Westfalica (gorge)thumb|Weser watershedThe Porta Westfalica is a gorge and water gap, where the Weser river runs through the passage between the mountain chains of the Wiehengebirge in the west and the Wesergebirge in the east...
, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Portakabin, an English trade name for a kind of portable building
- PortaPuTTY, a terminal emulator application
- Porta is a common misspelling of Kodak PortraKodak PortraKodak Portra is a family of daylight-balanced professional colour negative films made mainly for portrait and wedding applications. The films come in three speeds — 160, 400, and 800 ISO — with the 160 speed available as "natural color" and "vivid color" varieties.Despite the supplement of...
film