Fortifications of Florence

The fortifications of Florence ( Walled di Firenze in Italian) is the old defensive crown of the town of Florence.

History

Created at the same time as the city, six different layouts are counted, which is completed with half of the 16th century. The walls of the northern part of Arno of the city were cut down in the course of the 19th century to create the ring roads, by leaving only the access doors, while the southern parts and the zone in Oltrarno, are still visible and are well preserved.

The datings on the various enclosures during the ages are contreversées by the specialists and particularly the existence of that indicated like Byzantine second cerchia .

Several sections were demolished by it during the Risanamento, the alteration work of the town of Florence between 1865 and 1870.

The layout

West, while leaving upstream Arno, in time direction:

Porticciola (close to the American Consulate, destroyed)
Torre della Serpe
Porta Al Prato
Porta Faenza
Porta San Gallo
Porta dei Servi (close to Piazza del Lungo, destroyed)
Porta has Pinti (close to the Cemetery of the English, destroyed)
Porta went Croce
Porta Guelfa (Via Ghibellina, destroyed)
Porta went Giustizia , carries secondary used for condemned to dead one (close to Torre della Zecca, destroyed)
Torre della Zecca
Carried San Niccolò
Porta San Miniato
Porta San Giorgio
Porta Romana
Porta San Frediano
Torrino di Santa Rosa

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