Etruscan arch
The Etruscan Arch (also known as the Etruscan Gate or Arch of Augustus ) is a city gate of the city walls of Perugia .
City gate
The city gate in its current form is flanked on both sides by two mighty watchtowers. These towers have a trapezoidal front and are around 20 meters high. The archway itself reaches a height of 10 meters. The gate with the Etruscan arch was intended as the northern city gate, primarily for military purposes. Attackers from the north should see that the road to Rome was well guarded. The superstructures on the left tower date from the Renaissance .
The city gate was probably built in connection with the extension of the Via Amerina to Perusia , as Perugia was called in Roman times, in the middle of the 3rd century BC. Rebuilt in the old Etruscan city wall. Via Amerina led through Porta Marzia into the center of the city and through the Etruscan arch out on the other side. After the Peruvian War , in which Octavian had conquered the city, in 40 BC was on the archway. The inscription Augusta Perusia attached. Above the inscription Augusta Perusia is another inscription, Colonia Vibia , which was attached during the reign of Emperor Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (251-253 AD), who came from Perusia.
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Coordinates: 43 ° 6 '52.1 " N , 12 ° 23' 22.7" E