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Porta Magica: learn how to turn base metals into gold

The Porta Magica near Termini station in Rome is a leftover from Villa Palombara, demolished in the 19th century. It's wrapped in legends of alchemy, where an alchemist supposedly turned metals into gold. The gate's covered in mysterious symbols …

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