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Porta a Pinti was a former gate in the walls of Guida per la citta di Firenze e suoi contorni
by Giuseppe Formigli, 1848, page 168. It was destroyed in 1865 during the creation of the Viale di Circonvallazione, which removed most of the walls of Florence.
Porta a Pinti was a former gate in the walls of Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, region of Tuscany, Italy. The gate was also called ''Porta Fiesolana'' because the road led out to Fiesole
Fiesole () is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a scenic height above Florence, 5 km (3 miles) northeast of that city. It has structures dating to Etruscan and Roman times.
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, and of ''di Penitenti'', which was shortened and corrupted to give name to the gate and the neighborhood, Borgo Pinti. Individuals returning to church, called convertiti or penitenti, lived in this neighborhood.by Giuseppe Formigli, 1848, page 168. It was destroyed in 1865 during the creation of the Viale di Circonvallazione, which removed most of the walls of Florence.
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