The People's Square is named after the poplar tree (Latin: populus) behind the church of Santa Maria in the northeast corner of the square. The People's Gate here is the Flaminia Gate (North Gate) of the Roman Wall. The People's Square is the starting point of the Flaminia Road, which leads to Flaminia (now Rimini), the most important road to the north. Before the railway era, this was the first sight of travellers when they arrived in Rome. For hundreds of years, People's Square was the place where the death penalty was publicly executed, the last time in 1826. It was 24m high (including the base is 36.5m). It was the loot brought back by Augustus the Great after conquering Egypt in 10 BC. At the end of the 16th century, Pope Sixtus V moved it to the square to form the scale of today. Goethe, Byron, Keats and others all came to Rome through this gate. The People's Gate was built in the 3rd century and was decorated by Bernini in the 17th century in honor of the visit of the Swedish Queen to Rome. The church was built with public funding, so it was named the Church of the People of Notre Dame. The church displays a variety of art treasures.