The remains of the walls which are visible today, in opus incertum brickwork, dating back to the 14th century, are preserved in stretches near Porta Romana - in the northwest of the city - and along the present via Circonvallazione Orientale - between Porta Napoli and Porta Pacentrana and close to Porta Japasseri.   Nothing remains of the early medieval enclosure, nor of the Roman.  ...

The current name of the gate derives from the Italian version of the original name Johannis Bonorum hominum, who was certainly a character who had been responsible for its restoration or who lived nearby, as has been seen several times relating to other gates. Here an acccess way was created in the north-west of the old walls - on the opposite corner to Porta Japasseri - which also...

The gate opens along the western section of the city’s second wall, just down the road and alongside the church from which it takes its name.  At the beginning of the 14th century, the village was one of a number to be included within the growing city of Sulmona through the expansion of the circle of the ancient walls. It does not appear in the views of the...

The gate is located at the southwest corner of the first early medieval city walls and is the only one still in fairly good condition from those of the original ring. It was later strengthened by the opening of Porta Sant'Antonio, at the base of the ramp as part of the larger, second set of walls, built in the late 13th century and the beginning of the next...

The current name of the gate comes from the popularisation of its original name of Johannis Passarum, which without doubt derived from a character who had been responsible for its restoration, or who lived in the vicinity, as has been reported several times in relation to other gates. An opening was created in the north-east of the old city walls and was the only one,...

Porta Molina is located along the western part of the early Medieval city walls, between the gates of Bonomini and Filiamabili and was a secondary access or ‘postern’. It was probably the "posterula ardengi" mentioned in a document from 1168 contained in the ‘Chronicon Casauriense’, which has not been identiifed as being any other service gate in a different part of the walls. ...

The southern gateway to the medieval town was part of the second wall, built between the late 13th and early 14th century to meet the new requirements of the town’s imposing defenses which resulted from the population growth and urban expansion that Sulmona had experienced during the period of Swabian domination in the 13th century. Previously named "Porta Nova",...

The gate opens along the eastern side of the city’s 14th century defensive walls - on the road leading to Pacentro, hence the name - and served the village of the same name. It is most likely to have been the Porta Orientis, as can be deduced from a document preserved in the Archives of the Cathedral of St. Panfilo.  Here, on page 53, we can see Porta...

The gate was formerly known as "Pinciara", as it served the village of the same name.  It was so called because of the numerous roof tile factories which were active in the Middle Ages.  Its first mention as Porta Romana is found in the city’s land registry of 1376. In the 16th century it took the name of Porta San Matteo, due to its proximity to the small church...

The gate opens along the eastern section of the second wall, which by the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the next century had been extended to include within its perimeter the villages which had developed near the earlier circle - specifically here, that of the Borgo Pacentrano, in whose extreme southern area this access opens. Scholars...

The gate opens along the western section of the second wall, which by the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the next century was extended to include within its perimeter the villages which had sprung up near the earlier circle and - specifically - the village of Sant 'Agata. It replaced the function of Porta Filiamabili, which still exists, and which had previously...