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Sign: Florence - Porta alla Croce (2)


Address:
Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 10, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
Florence For all manhole covers in Florence
Country:
Italy For all manhole covers in Italy
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Stone, marble …
Placement:
Wall or fence
Tags:
Archaeology 
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On the sign:
FERDINAND III MED PARENTI CIVIVM
QVOD AN. M DCCC XVII
AD QVAESTVM PAVPERIBVS IN FRVGVM STERILITATE
SVPPEDITANDVM
IVVANDVMQVE COMMERCIVM
NOVAS VIAS SVMPTV INGENTI APERVERIT
PER QVAS HINC AD VALLEM ARNI SVPERIOREM
CASENTINVM ROMANDIOLAM VEHICVLARE PATERET ITER
ITEMQVE HANC PORTAM INSTAVRAVERIT
SQVALENTIBUSQ PROPE EAM DIRVTIS AEDIFICIIS
ATQVE INTROITVS EXITVSQ ACCLIVITATE COMPLANATA
ELEGANTIOREM OPPORTVNIOREMQ REDDIDERIT
FLORENTIA PRINCIPI OPTIMO MVNIFICENTISSIMO
Photography:
2023
Arielle Loewinger
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Comments:
The gate is one of the remnants left from the city wall of Florence in the 13th century.

The sign erected in 1850 praises the new roads paved by Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The cover was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Another sign is on the side of the gate Click for sign's details

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