Porta a Selci, building in Volterra, Italy

Porta a Selci is a city gate in Volterra's walls at the Medici fortress. It was already part of the Etruscan circuit, but the present structure is a simple round arch from the 16th century. It replaced the older gate called Porta del Sole, buried during the 15th-century enlargement of the Rocca Vecchia. From here roads lead toward Sienese territory.

Porta a Selci already belonged to the Etruscan circuit of walls; the present structure, a simple round arch, dates from the 16th century. The older gate, also called Porta del Sole, was buried during the 15th-century enlargement of the Rocca Vecchia. From here the roads toward the Sienese territory begin.

From Porta a Selci the roads toward the Sienese territory begin, as the Italian sources state. The gate opens at the height of the Medici fortress, so its arch frames the passage between the town walls and the countryside beyond.

Porta a Selci opens in the city walls at the height of the Medici fortress. From the gate, roads lead out towards the Sienese territory, so it is a natural point to start or end a walk beyond Volterra. The gate is a simple round arch, and the older Porta del Sole lies buried beneath it.

The gate already belonged to the Etruscan wall circuit, and the present arch is a 16th-century rebuilding: the older gate, also called Porta del Sole, was buried when the Rocca Vecchia was enlarged in the 15th century. From here roads lead out toward the Sienese territory.