The Porta alla Croce is a former gate of the Walls of Florence, locate east of the neighborhood of Santa Croce, in the Piazza Beccaria of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The gate was part of the fourth set of walls around Florence built in the late 13th century.
The Gate was once called Porta alla Croce al gorgo and also Porta Sant'Ambrogio. It is said that the name may derive from the legend that at this location San Miniato was made a martyr.
The Gate was refurbished in 1817-1818 under the reign of Grand Duke Ferdinando III of Lorraine, and in the outer lunette has a much degraded fresco depicting the Virgin and Saints by Michele Tosini.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_alla_Croce,_Florence
Address 2/B Piazza Cesare Beccaria, Firenze 50121, Italy
Coordinates 43°46'14.62" N 11°16'15.11" E
