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Porta Paola

Porta Paola

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Porta Paola

Name: Porta Paola
Rating: 2

Recommended by 9 hikers

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Location: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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1. San Pietro Bastion – San Pietro Gate loop from Pontegradella

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2. San Pietro Gate – San Pietro Bastion loop from Ferrara Via Boschetto

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3. San Pietro Bastion – San Pietro Gate loop from Ferrara

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Turismo Ferrara

January 8, 2025

A monumental gateway to the city, Porta Paola was built in 1612 based on a design by Giovan Battista Aleotti and dedicated to Pope Paul V, who was reigning at the time. Flanked by the bastions of San Paolo and San Lorenzo completed in the 17th century, the Gate was located in the center of the southern section of the walls and had military as well as customs functions. Like all the gates of Ferrara, during the French occupation it was renamed with a more republican name: Porta Reno. It therefore maintains the double name. It currently hosts the Associazione Strada dei Vini e dei Sapori della Provincia di Ferrara, which promotes the excellence of the Ferrara area in the fields of food and wine, cuisine and rural and artisan production, and the Documentation Center on the Este Walls which aims to raise awareness of the history of the mighty Renaissance fortifications with a series of thematic panels, films, models and multimedia applications.
Opening hours (to be checked before planning the visit)
Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30 to 12.30
Friday to Sunday from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 14.30 to 17.30.
Monday and Tuesday: closed. Free admission

Piazza Travaglio – Ferrara
+39 335 5980801 - 380 1468581
info@stradaviniesaporiferrara.it
stradaviniesaporiferrara.it

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Elevation 10 m

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