Augustan Arch (Perugia)

Italy / Umbria / Perugia / Fortebraccio Square
 gate, city gate
or Etruscan Arch. A monumental north-facing city gate in the massive Etruscan walls, built in the 3 rd century B.C. and flanked by two turrets built on a trapezoidal plan. The words AUGUSTA PERUSIA, written across the rounded arch, were added by order of Augustus after the war in 40 B.C. which resulted in Perugia’s defeat by Rome. The inscription COLONIA VIBIA, above the arch, commemorates Vibio Treboniano Gallo, an Emperor from Perugia who granted the town the status of colony. On the left buttress is a 17 th century fountain and on the coping is a renaissance loggia.
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Coordinates:   43°6'52"N   12°23'22"E
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