Porta Pinciana is the gate where Via Veneto enters the Villa Borghese. The small paved circle under part of the gate is named Largo Federico Fellini, named after the Italian film director of La Dolce Vita, which was set in part on Via Veneto. Porta Pinciana was the gate through which Aleric and his army of Goths entered Rome in 410 AD to sack the city, as described a bit in "The city which had taken the whole world was itself taken".

    

Largo Federico Fellini and the Porta Pinciana in the Aurelian Wall, at the northern end of Via Veneto
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Largo Federico Fellini and the Porta Pinciana in the Aurelian Wall, at the northern end of Via Veneto
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Largo Federico Fellini and the Porta Pinciana in the Aurelian Wall, at the northern end of Via Veneto
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