Walls, towers and gates Siena

The Tufi Gate was built between 1325 and 1326, by the Sienese architect Agnolo di Ventura. The structure has brick bricks with a Guelph crenellated crowning and three round openings. It is part of the best preserved doors in Siena, since its composition of the structure has remained intact over time.

The Porta di San Marco di Siena is located between Via Diana and Via San Marco. Also known as Porta delle Maremme, it was half demolished at the beginning of the nineteenth century and then obtained the current Piazzale Biringucci.

Porta di Fontebranda was built in the middle of the 13th century and is now located between the Via di Fontebranda and Via Estrena.

The Laterina Gate was built in 1326, and is part of the last expansion of the Sienese walls. It was called “Porta Nuova di Stalloreggi” as it was part of the external extension of the Stalloreggi gate, which was older.

It is one of the oldest gates of the city of Siena. Together with Porta Romana, the Porta dei Pìspini is part of the wall circle of Siena realized on a project attributed to Minuccio di Rinaldo.

The Antiport of Camollia was built in 1270 with the aim of providing protection at the entrance towards the north of Siena. Inside it has traces of pictorial decoration of the Assumption of the Virgin by Alessandro Casolani, carried out in 1585. Near the structure a second outermost door was also built towards the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Porta Camollia binds to the people of the leader “Camulio” who settled right where the door currently stands. The current door dates back to 1604, designed by Alessandro Casolari, and decorated by the sculptor Domenico Cafaggi.

The Porta Ovile is part of the oldest and most characteristic buildings of the Sienese city walls. The construction dates back to 1230, and subsequently had several renovations. The door was built of bricks and also has a fresco on the left flank in which is depicted the Madonna and Child, among the SS. Ansano and Bernardino and the Angels. This painting by Sano di Pietro represents one of the oldest frescoes left on the walls of ancient Siena.

It is one of the oldest gates of Siena, it is located on the path of the ancient Via Cassia. It was a door of defense, built between 1327 and 1328, it is equipped with battlements and a front wall. It was built by Agnolo di Ventura and Agostino di Giovanni.

The work of the “Campanile”, the other name by which the Torre del Mangia is known, began around 1325. The name of the construction is due to the nickname that the Sienese gave to Giovanni di Balduccio. It is among the tallest ancient towers in Italy and has an excellent state of preservation.

The Medici Fortress was built between 1561 and 1563, at the behest of Cosimo I de' Medici on the ground where the Spanish citadel previously stood. The architect Baldassarre Lanci originally gave it an 'L' shape and later turned it into a quadrilateral structure. The brick fort is composed in the corners of cuneiform ramparts on which the Medici travertine coat of arms is affixed. Since 1937 the structure has been transformed into a public garden and today it also hosts several cultural events.

The Fortino di Porta Pispini is located on the left side of the homonymous door, built in 1326 by Minuccio di Rinaldo. Incorporated by the last Sienese wall circle, the fort is the testimony of the strengthening of the defenses, by the architect Baldassare Peruzzi. It was built between 1527 and 1532, taking up the fifteenth-century bulwarks designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini for the defense of Urbino.