Portaria, Umbria
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Portaria is a hill settlement in Umbria, today a frazione of Acquasparta, situated at 470 metres above sea level, overlooking the valley of the Naia stream.
View of Portaria and the surrounding valley
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Portaria, 16th-century painted view by Matteo da Siena in the Palazzo Cesi-Gaddi [it], Rome
Façade of San Filippo e Giacomo, with aedicule and reused spolia
Porta Romana, with stone arch and inscription above the entrance
Cesi family
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The Cesi family is an Italian noble family which belonged to the high aristocracy of Rome and the Papal States.
Portaria, Umbria
…Documented from the Middle Ages as part of the Terre Arnolfe, it belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and subsequently entered the lordship of the Cesi family. Suppressed as an independent municipality in 1875, it later became part of Acquasparta in 1929. The town preserves medieval structures, the 11th-century…
Santa Maria della Pace (Rome) - Cesi Chapel - Reliefs by Simone Mosca
A carob (Ceratonia siliqua)
Alleanze Matrimoniali della famiglia Cesi