Arco delle Due Porte, Siena

The Arco delle Due Porte or Arch of Two Doors is one of the remaining portals in the 11th century . It has been variously called the Porta di Stalloreggi with the gates known as San Quirico, Santa Margherita, and the Arco di Santa Lucia.^[1] It was the entrance into the southwesternmost end of Via Stalloreggi in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Outside of the portal, in the Piazetta dell Due Porte are a confluence of streets: Via Fosso di Sant'Ansano flows south, Via Paolo Mascagni flows west, and Pian dei Mantellini flows south. Via Mascagni leads down the slope some 200 meters to the 13th-century gate: . Pian dei Mantellini lead to the church and convent del Carmine. Coordinates: 43°11′08″N 11°11′38″E / 43.185507°N 11.194002°E / 43.185507; 11.194002

History[]

One of the arches has been walled, likely soon after the 13th-century expansion of the walls.

A tabernacle facing the piazza, to the left of the walled-up arch, now shelters behind glass the remains of a Madonna and Child, attributed to either Duccio or one of his followers. The fragment was part of a larger fresco that once included patron saints of Siena.^[2] Another Tabernacle stands aside the inner arch of the gate. A plaque on the wall of a house just inside the gate claims Duccio painted his famous Maesta in that house.^[3]

Bibliography[]

• Toscana. Guida d'Italia (Guida rossa), Touring Club Italiano, Milano 2003. ISBN 88-365-2767-1