{"id":4017,"date":"2019-03-25T17:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T16:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/?page_id=4017"},"modified":"2019-09-03T21:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T19:14:23","slug":"walls-and-gates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/walls-and-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Walls and Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Archaeological and topographic research has allowed to spot the remains of <strong>three walls<\/strong> around Todi. In different ages, they defined the urban area and protected the town borders: the first walls, commonly called <strong>&#8220;Etruscan&#8221; <\/strong>and almost disappeared, would date back to the 3rd century B.C. The second <strong>&#8220;Roman&#8221; <\/strong>ones would date back to the 1st century B.C., when the town gained the status of municipium. The third and last walls, the <strong>Medieval <\/strong>ones, date back to the 13th century and are the most extended ones in terms of urban space, up to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>The third and last walls, which building works started in 1244, include: <strong>Porta Perugina <\/strong>(a steady Medieval bastion structured on two levels), <strong>Porta Romana <\/strong>(built in the 16th century as wished by Pope Gregory XIII, consisting of a single arch made of white and red blocks, the most modern gate among the still existing ones), <strong>Porta Amerina <\/strong>(also called <strong>Fratta<\/strong>, built in the 14th century and again structured on two levels) and <strong>Porta Orvietana <\/strong>(an underground ruin by now, because of landslides).<\/p>\n<p>Each of these gates, placed on Todi main road systems, used to be named after the town it would overlook and, in the Middle Ages, it was a copy of the previous Roman gate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Porta Libera, <\/strong>as well<strong>, <\/strong>belongs to the Middle Ages and is located nearby <strong>Parco della Rocca.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second walls include: <strong>Porta Aurea <\/strong>(stone made and currently well preserved. It must have been the Roman outpost of the nearby Medieval Porta Fratta), <strong>Porta Catena <\/strong>(also called of St. Antonio, currently in via Matteotti which Ulpiano district stretches from) <strong>Porta di Santa Prassede <\/strong>(nearby Borgo Nuovo in the North of the town).<\/p>\n<p>Only <strong>Porta Marzia, <\/strong>opening out onto via Roma, remains of the most ancient walls<strong>.<\/strong> In the historical texts, there is evidence of other Todi monumental gates, currently disappeared, such as <strong>Porta della Valle<\/strong>, <strong>Porta Liminaria<\/strong>, <strong>Porta Bonella<\/strong> and <strong>Porta di St. Giorgio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archaeological and topographic research has allowed to spot the remains of three walls around Todi. 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