{"id":3660,"date":"2025-01-28T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turismobusca.it\/structure\/porta-santa-maria-le-mura-e-le-porte\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:41:05","slug":"porta-santa-maria-le-mura-e-le-porte","status":"publish","type":"structure","link":"https:\/\/www.turismobusca.it\/en\/structure\/porta-santa-maria-le-mura-e-le-porte\/","title":{"rendered":"Porta Santa Maria \u2013 The walls and gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-container container\" style=\"\"  >\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-row row  \">\n        \n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-row-column col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 col-xxl-6\" style=\"\" >\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location details<\/h3>\n\n\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-space \" style=\"--oi-block-space-xs:30px; --oi-block-space-sm:30px; --oi-block-space-md:30px; --oi-block-space-lg:30px; --oi-block-space-xl:30px; --oi-block-space-xxl:30px\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-icon-link\" ><div class=\"icon-link\">\n            <div class=\"icon-link-container\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turismobusca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/icona-posizione.svg\" class=\"featured-icon-link\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>        <\/div>\n        \n\n<p>Santa Maria square, Busca, CN<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-space \" style=\"--oi-block-space-xs:60px; --oi-block-space-sm:60px; --oi-block-space-md:60px; --oi-block-space-lg:60px; --oi-block-space-xl:60px; --oi-block-space-xxl:60px\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-row-column col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 col-xxl-6\" style=\"\" >\n\n<p>The city walls, built in the mid-15th century and featuring Guelph-style battlements, are still visible in sections: to the north, along Corso Giolitti, incorporated into 18th-century houses; to the west, in Viale Concordia, behind the Annunziata apartment blocks; and to the south-west in the ramparts overlooking the Talutto and the Maira. 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Porta Santa Maria, in the square of the same name, is well preserved. Built between the 15th and 16th centuries, it bears the marks of subsequent wars; of particular interest is a graffito praising Louis XIV of France. Traces of the ancient hinges are still visible. 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