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I can't remember the name of it. It is close to Pyramide Station and the English cemetery.

Thanks if you can help.

I think it's Porta Ostiense.

It was porta Ostiense, now it's called Porta San Paolo

thank you people

do you know why its name got changed?

From the lovely wiki:
(hope its correct!)
The original name of the gate was Porta Ostiensis because it was located of the beginning of via Ostiense, the road that connected Rome and Ostia where functioned as its main gate. Via Ostiense was an important arterial road as evidenced by the fact that upon entering the gate of the same name, the road split, with one direction leading to the famous Roman Emporium, the great market of Rome.

The gatehouse is flanked by two cylindrical towers, and has two entrances, which had been covered by a second, single-opening gate, built in front of the first by Belisarius (530s–540s).

The structure is due to Maxentius, in the 4th century, but the two towers were heightened by Honorius. Its original - Latin - name was Porta Ostiensis, since it opened on the way to Ostia. Later, it was renamed to the Italian Porta San Paolo, because it was the exit of Rome that led to the St. Paul basilica outside the walls.

In 549, the Rome was under siege; the Ostrogoths of Totila entered through this gate, because of the treason of the Isaurian garrison. On 10 September 1943, two days after the armistice between the Allies and Italy had been agreed, Italian military and civil forces tried to block German seizure of the city, with 570 casualties.

i did go and have a look at wiki, thanks all the same - I couldn't look when i wasn't sure what it was called

i think some people might still call it Porta Ostiense because it is on Via Ostiense

i know it was the site of a very important last ditch battle in the defence of rome in the late stages of ww2 - because I happened to be going past on liberation day and there was a huge crowd there

i just wondered if it had changed its name because of that battle

but it seems not

Perfect. I was translating the same thing in English. Close the English cemetery there is a War cemetery, perhaps you saw the commemoration to the dead allies.

Name change info (possibly):

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XixojYgnRtsC&pg=RA1-PA815&lpg=RA1-PA815&dq=porta+ostiense+name+change&source=bl&ots=dqo0-1FhYu&sig=nd0zXGnUBuOLYg5k6aXJp3mbIXI&hl=en&ei=XVBOSv-oFI2MjAfQ2-GhBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1

Apols for long link.

it happened to be anzac day - the same day as liberation day - and the australian and new zealand embassies take it in turns to have an anzac day service at the military cemetery

(my first anzac day service actually)

as we left in taxis for the morning tea at the oz embassy I saw the crowd at the gate - but the whole of rome was going mad - especially around paizza venezia

do you know the date of liberation day?

i want to find out if it always co incides with anzac day

April 25th, I believe.

So yes, seems it is the same.

golly gosh, what a quinkydink

i know our date has something to do with gallipoli