Porta Saragozza, Bologna

Porta Saragozza is one of the surviving gates in the medieval walls of Bologna, Italy, built between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries with a drawbridge added by 1334. Its role changed in 1674 when the Portico di San Luca was built leading from the gate, making it the starting point for the annual religious procession to the Basilica della Beata Vergine di San Luca and earning it the alternate names Holy Gate and Gate of the Pilgrims. In 1859 the architect Giuseppe Mengoli redesigned the medieval structure, connecting it with two crenellated arches to flanking cylindrical towers and giving it its present castle-like appearance. It is one of about nine of the original twelve fourteenth-century gates of Bologna still standing and remains restored and open to the public. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/