Porta Borsari

Its name has late medieval origins deriving from the bursarii who exacted the episcopal duties in the Middle Ages. In the Roman epoch it was called Porta Iovia from a temple entitled to Jupiter lying just outside the gate: its remains can still be seen in the Monumental Cemetery.
Built probably in the I century BC on the Via Postumia (its urban stretch coinciding with the Decumanus Maximu) and renovated in the I century AD, Porta Borsari was the main entrance gate to the town and its representative function was emphasized by reach ornamental decorations.
Porta Borsari was a rectangular building with a central courtyard and double passageways alongside the façades: only the external prospect in local white limestone remains.