Porta San Matteo - San Gimignano, Italia
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N 43° 28.201 E 011° 02.464
32T E 665092 N 4815035
One of the medival doors/gates of the old city of San Gimignano that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Waymark Code: WMTDWM
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 11/08/2016
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"The gate "Porta San Matteo" is located on the second walls circle of the town that was build during the 12th. Century; the walls originally present seven entrances to the town.
The gate is surmounted by a double arch, ogive and depressed, and is surrounded by six small arches that were build successively. This gate overlooks the first town suburbs, the road to Certaldo and the small tower "torrione dei frati"."
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...