Outside the Church of St. Catherine, after ridisceso the staircase, is the Port of San Lorenzo, so-called because the road that led leaving the church of San Lorenzo Extra Moenia. Today is called Port dell'Apparita because the square in front of you can enjoy the beautiful view of Crete Senesi, with the city of Siena on the horizon. The cypresses that are to the right of those who look at the horizon, indicate the position of the church of San Lorenzo, at the farm the same name, demolished after the Second World War because unsafe.

Porta and antiporto are original in design and material are identical to those in the port of St. Andrew. Outside the walls, flat stretch running from the port of San Lorenzo at the gate of St. Andrew, in ancient times there was a ditch filled with water and the road was called Via urli fovei. The ditch, made unnecessary over time, was buried: on it was erected a wall of about three meters and the space between this and the earth was filled with potential.

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