Artistic itineraries: The Medieval Wash-houses
The Porta delle Fonti opens onto the countryside and leads to the ancient wash-houses once used for drawing water and washing linen. The construction, which dates back to the 14th century, consists of ten Romanesque and ogival arches. It was built upon the site of a 9th century well constructed in Lombard stone.
The Porta delle Fonti was part of the second circuit of walls.
It was modified in 1930 when the superstructure of the chapel, which had been built in 1501, was demolished. The fresco by an unknown Sienese artist dating from the 16th century which depicts "The Madonna and Child with the Saints Michele and Giovanni Battista" was moved to the inside of the "Loggia Nuova" (new loggia) of the People’s Palace.
Artistic itineraries