Porta San Leonardo

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Unnamed Road, 01100, Viterbo VT, Italy

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City : Viterbo

Unnamed Road, 01100, Viterbo VT, Italy
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Elena Sukhava on Google

C'è grande parcheggio ?
There is large parking ?
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Maurizio Faraone on Google

A ridosso dei resti della chiesa di S. Maria delle Fortezze, costruita nei primi del Cinquecento, distrutta con i bombardamenti aerei della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e non più ricostruita, si trova la Porta di San Leonardo, una delle più antiche porte di Viterbo, citata per la prima volta in un documento del 1278. Sotto questa Porta passava il tracciato dell’antica via etrusco-romana che collegava le città di Viterbo e di Roma. Nel corso del XV secolo, tuttavia, per mutate esigenze urbanistiche e viarie, tale percorso fu modificato. Così Porta San Leonardo, perdendo la sua importanza, fu chiusa. La sua riapertura è avvenuta nel 1993 come passaggio pedonale, in aiuto ai molti studenti in arrivo dalla stazione ferroviaria di Porta Romana e dalle fermate dei bus regionali per evitare che attraversassero l’incrocio sulla Cassia. Dal lato interno delle mura, nella lunetta dell’arco, è visibile un affresco medioevale raffigurante un “Cristo Crocifisso e Santi”, la cui presenza in loco è attestata in una scrittura notarile viterbese del 1565.
Near the remains of the church of S. Maria delle Fortezze, built in the early sixteenth century, destroyed with the bombing of the Second World War and no longer rebuilt, is the Porta di San Leonardo, one of the oldest gates of Viterbo, mentioned for the first time in a document of 1278. Under this gate passed the route of the ancient Etruscan-Roman road that connected the cities of Viterbo and Rome. During the fifteenth century, however, due to changed urban planning and road requirements, this route was modified. Thus Porta San Leonardo, losing its importance, was closed. Its reopening took place in 1993 as a pedestrian crossing, to help many students arriving from the Porta Romana train station and regional bus stops to prevent them from crossing the Cassia intersection. On the inner side of the walls, in the lunette of the arch, you can see a medieval fresco depicting a "Christ Crucified and Saints", whose presence on the site is attested in a notarial Viterbo script of 1565.
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Simone Porrelli on Google

Situata proprio dietro i resti della chiesa di santa Maria delle Fortezze, questa porta è un passaggio pedonale che è stato riaperto nel 1993, dopo oltre 300 anni di chiusura. Suggestive sono tutte le porte di Viterbo, in particolare questa che rimane un pò nascosta e soprattutto lontano dal traffico. Dispiace che vi sia solo un punto di illuminazione, per altro poco intenso, quindi alla sera sembra una zona un pò abbandonata a se stessa e non valorizzata come dovrebbe esserlo. ENGLISH: Located just behind the remains of the church of Santa Maria delle Fortezze, this gate is a pedestrian passage that was reopened in 1993, after more than 300 years of closure. All the ports of Viterbo are suggestive, in particular this one which remains a little hidden and above all away from traffic. Sorry that there is only one point of illumination, however not very intense, so in the evening it seems an area a little abandoned to itself and not valued as it should be.
Located just behind the remains of the church of Santa Maria delle Fortezze, this gate is a pedestrian passage that was reopened in 1993, after more than 300 years of closure. All the ports of Viterbo are suggestive, in particular this one which remains a little hidden and above all away from traffic. Sorry that there is only one point of illumination, however not very intense, so in the evening it seems an area a little abandoned to itself and not valued as it should be. ENGLISH: Located just behind the remains of the church of Santa Maria delle Fortezze, this gate is a pedestrian passage that was reopened in 1993, after more than 300 years of closure. All the ports of Viterbo are suggestive, in particular this one which remains a little hidden and above all away from traffic. Sorry that there is only one point of illumination, however not very intense, so in the evening it seems an area a little abandoned to itself and not valued as it should be.

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