Originally the monumental Porte were twelve. Today there are ten. They are in the so-called "third circle", designed in the early decades of the thirteenth century and demolished at the beginning of the twentieth century.
A trekking to discover the Porte of Bologna representing the remains of walls that enveloped the city for seven centuries.
This gate rises at the end of Via Mascarella, just before Ponte Stalingrado. It was built in 1300 and belongs to the third and last circle of walls dating back to the second half of 13th century. Some remnants of the original construction, revised and reduced in 16th century, are still visible
