Porta Vecchia

Porta Vecchia
Grosseto, Tuscany
Porta Vecchia in 2019
Site information
TypeCity gate
OwnerCity of Grosseto
ConditionWell-preserved or intact
Location
Porta Vecchia
Coordinates42°45′31″N 11°06′53″E / 42.7587°N 11.1147°E / 42.7587; 11.1147
Site history
Built14th century
Built byRepublic of Siena
MaterialsStone

Porta Vecchia (transl.Old Gate) is the oldest city gate in the walls of Grosseto, located at the southern corner of the fortifications. Together with the Cassero Senese, it is one of the two surviving architectural elements from the 14th-century city walls, having endured the extensive reconstruction work carried out by the Medici in the late 16th century.