Category: Castle/fortification/tower, Historic borgo/Town of art-historical importance
Itinerary: Ring Tour of the Castle, 23, Monteriggioni castle, Discover the sites of Assassin’s Creed
This gateway is the main entrance to the borgo. It faces the direction of Rome, and stands below a tower with a high pointed arch. In the past it very likely had a drawbridge, that was lowered to bridge a moat that has now disappeared. To the left of the arch is an inscription commemorating the foundation of Monteriggioni in the 1220s, while a plaque on the right celebrates the newly-founded unified state of Italy, in 1860.