Porta Siberia (o del Molo)
Via del Molo
About
This gate was built in 1553, in a Doric style by Antonio Roderio, to the designs of Galeazzo Alessi. It completed the walls which closed the city away from the sea, and is an extraordinary example of military architecture. The unusual name 'Siberia' has no geographic references but instead derives from the term 'Cibaria': in fact, the gate stands near the former grain warehouses which replenished the supplied of ships in port.
