Porta
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Porta can refer to:
- Transverse fissure of the liver
- Porta Maggiore in Rome, Italy
- Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany
- Porta San Paolo in Rome, Italy
- A mobile GSM carrier of Ecuador owned by América Móvil
[edit] Places
- La Porta is a commune in the Haute-Corse
- Porta Westfalica in Germany
- Porta (Barcelona) a neighbourhood of Barcelona, Spain
- Porta, Pyrénées-Orientales, a commune in France
[edit] Surname
Or a surname referring to one the following people:
- Antonio della Porta (* 1631; † 1702), Italian architect
- Carlo Porta (* 1775; † 1821), Italian poet in the Milanese dialect
- Constanzo Porta (* 1528; † 1601), Italian composer of the Renaissance
- Giacomo della Porta (* 1532; † 1602), Italian sculptor and architect
- Giambattista della Porta (* 1535; † 1615), Neapolitanian physician and playwright
- Giovanni Porta (* 1675; † 1755), Italian composer
- Hugo Porta (* 1951), Argentinian rugby union footballer
- Livio Dante Porta (* 1923, † 2003), Argentinian engineer
- Porta a spanish rap singer