The oldest part of Poggio Mirteto is enclosed between two different orders of walls, of which the oldest 200 and the most recent 400/500 present striking views and some interesting elements, and can be visited in no more than an hour.
Medieval Village of Poggio Mirteto
Position
Via Ferruccio, 8
02047 Poggio Mirteto (RI)
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The oldest part of Poggio Mirteto is enclosed between two different orders of walls, of which the oldest 200 and the most recent 400/500 present striking views and some interesting elements, and can be visited in no more than an hour.
The itinerary can be started from Piazza M.Dottori, which can be reached from the Farnese Gate adjacent to the Town Hall ,from where one descends Via Aspromonte. Immediately after the first curve there is a view of the semicircular keep, where Via dei Mille begins and continues via a new short flight of stairs at the base of which converges on Via Cavour. Via Cavour continues downhill, skirting on the left are the 15th-century walls known as “Montorsesi,” because as tradition has it, they were built at the expense of the inhabitants of Montorso Castle when they asked to be received from Poggio Mirteto. Continuing further , after about 100m, one arrives at Porta di Sotto, the gate built together with the Montorsesi walls and which connected these with the thirteenth-century circle.
The ancient doors, all reinforced with metal studs, are still present. To the left is the shrine with the painting of Our Lady of Victory, a work of the 16th-17th centuries.
On the left, the shrine with the painting of Our Lady of Victory (dated XVI-XVII century) can be admired. Looking back on Cavour road, along Via del Forte, you will reach Giannetta Door, one of the original gates of the old town.
The door, with its simple arch, takes its name from a foreman who in 1550 restored and reinforced it, Mastro Giovanni. Giannetta begins from Porta Via Novara (Novara road Door) going on to climbing through other picturesque views of the village up to Ferruccio road, from where the Sala Farnese and Garibaldi Square can be easily reached.
Leaving the old core, on the right, Cavalliera road starts, under the back of the Cathedral.
A few meters away, the remains of the public laundry can be recognized walking on the Lavatori road (washers road).