Gateway to the town for travelers coming from Forlì.
The Porta dei Tre Santi gate formed, together with Porta San Francesco and Porta San Domenico, destroyed in the early 20th century, one of the access points to the town of Bertinoro. Around the monastery founded by the Breton pilgrims, an initial settlement was expanded over the centuries. Around the monastery founded by the Breton pilgrims, an initial settlement was expanded over the centuries. The settlement they founded took the name Castrum Brittanorum from which the place name Bertinoro would later originate. When they arrived here, only the fortress stood on the hill. For the construction of their hermitage they used the simple, easy-to-work stone: spungone, placing this stone at the beginning of Bertinoro’s history.
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