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Porta Sant'Anna (St. Anna's Gate)

Porta Sant'Anna (St. Anna's Gate)

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Porta Sant'Anna (St. Anna's Gate)

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Location: Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 15, 2024

Porta Sant'Anna, officially known as Porta Vittorio Emanuele, is one of the gates in the walls of Lucca – popularly known by locals as the "hole" of Sant'Anna, after the fault of the same name.

The gate was opened in 1910 to serve the essential motorized traffic in the essential part of the city, which caused the Baluardo (bulwark) San Donato, erected in the 17th century for defensive purposes, to no longer be fit for the task. It was therefore decided that the new entrance would have two arches, in line with the enlarged via Vittorio Emanuele, which would replace the Via di San Paolino as the main essential artery.

In order not to spoil the view of San Donato, a favour was wisely granted to two fairly simple carriageways (instead of a superstructure) flanked by two pedestrian passages under the bull that separates the shoe from the parapet of the wall, thus keeping the continuity intact. In the middle of the gate, between the two central doorways, the marble coat of arms of the city can be seen. The arches that divide the compartment, made in the thickness of the walls, are made of exposed brick.

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Lukas Beck

July 2, 2023

western city gate of the old town of Lucca

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Watzmann

September 10, 2023

Alleys of Lucca

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