PORTA FAUL (Faul Gate)
Porta Faul opens in an old tower, whose top was demolished. Epigraph recalls that the opening of Faul door came in 1568, after the close of Valle door, with the permission of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.
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PORTA FIORENTINA (Fiorentina Gate)
Originally known as the Porta of Santa Lucia, this structure was built in 1768 under Pope Clement XIIII by order of the city hall. Although it wasn’t the Pope who actively sought renovation of the structure, his seal was placed on the top of the door along with the crests of Bishop Giacomo Oddi and Governor Lo Presti, and furthest down, the crest of the city hall.
PORTA DELLA VERITA’ OR THE GATE OF TRUTH
Porta della Verità; or the Gate of Truth. The Porta della Verità was formerly called the Porta dell’Abate, or in English the Port of the Abbot, because of its proximity to the abbey of Santa Maria della Verità.