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Porta Romana, Viterbo

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Viterbo, porta romana, già di san sisto, xiii secolo, poi 1653 e 1705, 02
Viterbo, porta romana, già di san sisto, xiii secolo, poi 1653 e 1705, 02

Porta Romana is a southeastern portals in the medieval walls of Viterbo. The merlionated gate, with Baroque decoration is located on at exit point of Via Garibaldi, where it meets highway SS2 as it skirts the historic center of Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. South of the gate is a train station (Stazione di Viterbo Porta Romana), with local lines linking to Rome, and just west is the campus of Tuscia University, which occupies some of an old Dominican monastery and Villa Gentili. Just north inside the walls, is the church of San Sisto.

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Porta Romana, Viterbo
Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Viterbo

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Via Giuseppe Garibaldi
01100 Viterbo
Lazio, Italy
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Palazzo Gatti, Viterbo
Palazzo Gatti, Viterbo

The Palazzo Gatti (also called Casa Gatti) is a 13th-century Gothic architecture palace located in Via Cardinal La Fontaine, 23 in central Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. This palace was initially erected in 1266 by the capitano del popolo Raniero Gatti. It was a larger complex of buildings, extending westward behind the former church of Santi Giuseppe e Teresa and the former convent of the Discalced Carmelite nuns that still occupies the block between Via La Fontaine and Via degli Scalzi (and the Piazza of the Fontana Grande). As was typical of the houses of noble families in this era, the Gatti Palace included defensive towers, six in number, that no longer exist. The palace is said to have hosted a number of visiting lords, including in 1328 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (Ludovico il Bavaro); in 1452 Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor on his way to Rome to be crowned by Pope Nicholas V and to receive his bride to be, the young Portuguese princess Lionora; and also in 1474, Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. By 1496, the power of the Gatti family and their Ghibelline allies had been routed by the Guelph forces and their allies in Viterbo, including the Tignosi, Orsini, and Maganzesi families. In the following centuries, the palace fell into near ruin, and various connected structures were razed. Remaining today is a three-story stone structure with peaked-arch portals at the ground floor and mullioned windows on the upper floor. The garden terrace on the roof is a 20th-century addition, replacing a gabled roof previously there. A wide stone staircase, in the alleway leading north, from Via La Fontaine, rises up to the piano nobile. Above the mullioned windows are various heraldic coat of arms, including those of the Alessandri family.

Palazzo Mazzatosta, Viterbo
Palazzo Mazzatosta, Viterbo

The Palazzo Mazzatosta is a 13th-century aristocratic palace located on Via del Orologio in central Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. It has had numerous owners, and thus has been denominated the House (Casa) or Palazzetto (Small Palace) of the following families: Capocci Vico Sacchi Mazzatosta Cecchini The initial palace, originally a fortified medieval house with a tower, was refurbished by the militant Cardinal Raniero Capocci circa 1230–1240. While the Cardinal became a fervent Guelph, he had hosted both Pope Gregory IX in 1236 and Emperor Frederick II in 1240 at this palace. Frederic would besiege the city in 1234, and it would be successfully defended under the leadership of Capocci. In 1247, Frederick of Antioch, the illegitimate son of the emperor, had recaptured the city, and this led to the palace falling nearly to ruin. In 1260, the next owner Francesco Vico, donated the house to the Dominican convent of Santa Maria in Gradi (now occupied by University of Tuscia). It was however reassigned to Giovanni Sacchi, treasurer for Pope Boniface VIII. In 1375, the palace was owned by Angelo Tavernini. By the 15th-century, the palace was owned by members of the Mazzatosta who enlarged the rooms at the expense of the courtyard. enlarged the building again, using interior spaces and thus reducing the courtyards or richiastri. Nardo and Bartolomeo Mazzatosta, the treasurer of Pope Eugene IV owned the castle in the 16th-century. From 1560, the palace was owned by Giacomo Sacchi, physician (archiatra) of Pope Pius IV. The stone block balcony has heraldic arms of the Sacchi family (two bags); of the Caetani Anagni family (wavy stripes), which included Pope Boniface VIII; of the Capocci family (blue band on a gold background). The south facade, opening to a small piazzeta, has various buried arches from prior constructions. By the end of the 18th-century, the building was poorly maintained. In 1930, when the daughter of the Cecchini family married the successful lawyer Mario Scappucci the palace was refurbished. It suffered grave damage during the Second World War, but has been rebuilt. A notable feature of the palace is the large balcony on Via del Orologio.