Porta Saragozza, Bologna
Cassero di Porta Saragozza | |
Location | Bologna, Italy |
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History | |
Founded | 12-13th century |
Periods | Middle Age |
Site notes | |
Condition | Restored |
44°29′26″N 11°19′48″E / 44.49049°N 11.329924°E
The Porta Saragozza of Bologna was one of the gates or portals in the medieval walls of this city.
The gate was built in the 13-14th centuries, and by 1334 it was provided with a
In 1859, concordant with a rising movement to restore medieval remnants in Italian cities, the architect Giuseppe Mengoli, replaced the mediaeval cassero with the present one by connecting it with two crenellated arches to the two lateral cylindrical great towers, giving it its present castle-like form.[1]
About nine of the original twelve gates remain in the third set of circumvallating 14th-century walls (Cerchia del Mille) of Bologna. These include the Porta Maggiore (or Mazzini), Porta Castiglione, Porta Saragozza (this article), Porta San Felice, Porta delle Lame, Porta Galliera, Porta Mascarella, Porta San Donato, and Porta San Vitale.
References
- ^ Bologna Welcome, official tourist site of Commune.