It’s known as Porta Maddalena too as the proximity with the church with the same name, Porta Mazzini, ex Porta Colonna, was so nominated in honor of Antonio Branciforti Colonna, President of the Legation of Urbino at the time of its construction.
Its realization, between 1758 and 1760, was a part of the union of the works which saw the city, from the second half of eighteenth century, included in a project of a urban restauration. Porta Colonna was dangerously damaged by the earthquake of the 1930 in which fell the upper part formed by a roof-terrace and three arcades with a clock over. The engineer Giuseppe Battistini, encharged in the rebuilding, take at the end the original project, date back at 1758, of the first architect, Stegani from Bologna, whose execution was changed during the realization.
Feel Senigallia will remind you what to do and what exciting news is in the city (and surrounding areas).
