Porta Ovile in Siena is one of the gates of the city and presents an embattled battlements, in whose inner wall we can see a fresco by Sano di Pietro: the Madonna and Child <\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Porta Ovile is located between Via di Vallerozzi and Via Simone Martini <\/strong> and is mentioned for the first time in 1220 in whose year the Municipality purchased 40 bushels of land to make the Carbonaie at Porta Ovile (citation Macchi).<\/p>\n In 1250 the Porta appears in the books of Biccherna <\/strong> also called “Porta del Gregge” and the following year, 1251 is reinforced according to the dictates of the Bell Council pending an eventual attack from Florence.<\/p>\n The Door was walled together with Fontebranda on November 1, 1554 <\/strong> to be best used by the soldiers during the siege of Siena and suffered bombing the following year.<\/p>\n In 1798 it was then severely damaged by the earthquake as well as the entire Ovile district.<\/p>\n Porta Ovile is easily reachable from the center of Siena as well as all the main attractions of the city.<\/p>\n If you want to admire monuments, historic buildings and all the museums in the historic center, you should book our hotel in the center of Siena with parking: the Hotel Minerva <\/strong>.<\/p>\n As well as being a three-starred hotel in the center of Siena with a paid garage, Hotel Minerva offers numerous rooms with panoramic views.<\/p>\n Find out by scrolling the site and then book.<\/p>\n If you book directly from our site you will always have the best price guaranteed. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ovile Door Porta Ovile in Siena is one of the gates of the city and presents an embattled battlements, in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2684","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n