Also called Porta Garibaldi, Porta San Lorenzo is the smallest of the access gates of the Venetian walls to the upper city of Bergamo. The roadbed here is cobbled.

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The Porta di San Lorenzo connects the fortified city with the countryside of "Val Tegete" (Valtesse) and constitutes the exit towards the "Via Priula" which will supplant the "Via Mercatorum". …

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The attached photos show how the gate itself was rebuilt over the previous one, the existence of 2 pitches on the access viaduct to allow the simultaneous passage of 2 wagons (now one pitch no longer exists because it has been demolished).
Additional photos of the gate in 1899, 1935 and today.

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