Livorno Door

To facilitate the access port to those who came from the north side of the city, Pope Clement XIII had opened in the wall that enclosed the harbor a door, which was called Porta Livorno because he was looking in the direction of this city.

Although this construction is to show how the various Popes over the centuries have been involved in the development and fortification of the local harbor and made it an important base, which because of its excellent position has always been one of the most active and important seaports the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The remains of the mighty defensive walls bear witness to the splendor of the city. The works related to port activity and the defense of trade and population are still alive and standing up to the last World War, during which the port and the city was almost completely destroyed by the numerous bombings and Port Livorno has followed the same disastrous fate. Recently, following the City Administration and the Port Authority made the meritorious work of reconstruction and rehabilitation of the port and the city, Porta Livorno has been restored and returned to its original architectural splendor, landmark gate of a new reality port, both commercial that tourism is no longer limited to operations of the original traffic of the Tyrrhenian Sea, but open to new horizons of development traguardano the entire Mediterranean and link destinations beyond the mythical “Pillars of Hercules”, toward the ocean .