Porta Faenza, Medieval city gate in Florence, Italy.

Porta a Faenza is a gate of Florence's last 13th-century city wall, standing at the end of Via Faenza. It was not demolished when Antonio da Sangallo the Younger folded it into the central part of the Fortezza da Basso between 1534 and 1537. Restorations in the 1970s and 1980s exposed its outward-facing side and the bridge over the old course of the Mugnone, which served as the moat.

Porta a Faenza was built with Florence's last 13th-century circuit of walls. Between 1534 and 1537 Antonio da Sangallo the Younger kept it standing while incorporating it into the central part of the Fortezza da Basso. Restorations in the 1970s and 1980s exposed its outward-facing side and the bridge over the old course of the Mugnone, which served as a moat.

The name does not come from the Romagna city of Faenza, which lies in another direction, but from the nuns of Faenza who ran a monastery on this spot; the street still bears their name. The gate stood at the end of today's Via Faenza.

You can best experience this site by exploring the fortress from outside and observing the visible stone structures up close. Since the gate sits near the train station, it is easily accessible and can be incorporated into a larger walk around Florence's historic walls.

Nuns from Faenza established a convent near this gate, contributing to the development of this section of Florence's medieval walls. This religious presence left marks on the local architecture and the neighborhood's cultural history.