page_title: List of cities with defensive walls
section_title: Italy
hierarchical_section_title: List of cities with defensive walls / Europe / Italy
caption_attribution_description: English: Jesi, Old Town Walls Italiano: Jesi, Le mura cittadine
context_page_description: The following cities have, or historically had, defensive walls.
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  Albenga - fragmentary remains, including stretches of wall and 3 town gates.
  Alghero
  Altamura - some remains; two gates are still visible, namely Port Bari and Porta dei Martiri
  Ancona
  Anghiari
  Aosta's Roman walls are still preserved almost in their entirety
  Appignano
  Aquasparta
  Arcevia
  Asolo
  Assisi
  Arezzo - Large parts of the town walls still survive, including several stretches of curtain wall, 6 bastions, 4 town gates and the well preserved citadel Fortezza Medicea.
  Bagnacavallo - two town gates remain.
  Bari – historically a walled port city on a promontory but only two bastions and a short section of the sea walls survived
  Bassano del Grappa
  Bastia Umbra
  Belvedere Ostrense
  Belluno
  Bergamo surrounding hill of the old city
  Bisceglie
  Bologna
  Bozzolo
  Brescia – the castle hill (called Cidneo Hill) is surrounded by preserved medieval and Renaissance fortifications. Segments of Roman and venetian walls are partially survived
  Bressanone - the western gate remains as well as the north side where the houses serves as walls
  Brindisi - several parts of the walls are preserved, including 5 bastions and two town gates, the Porta Lecce and the Porta Mesagne.
  Brunico - three gates remain, the western, northern and eastern ones.
  Busseto
  Cagli
  Cagliari
  Camerino
  Capua
  Castel Bolognese - three wall towers still remain.
  Castel del Monte
  Castel Goffredo - tiny fraction of the walls and a tower remain
  Castelfranco Veneto - the old town is completely surrounded by medieval walls and a moat
  Castelvetro di Modena
  Castelsardo
  Castiglion Fiorentino
  Castiglione di Garfagnana
  Castiglione del Lago's old town has fully preserved walls
  Cesena
  Cingoli
  Cittadella - one of the best preserved walled towns in Italy, there's a small breach on the northwestern part (the walls are fully walkable)
  Città della Pieve
  Città di Castello
  Cividale del Friuli - small part of the walls remain on the north east
  Colmurano
  Cologna Veneta - minor part of the walls remaining on the western side
  Como - about 70% is remaining with a few towers
  Cordovado - two town gates remain
  Corinaldo
  Corridonia
  Cortona
  Crema
  Crotone
  Domodossola -  a tiny fraction remains behind the church
  Este, Veneto - parts of walls still remaining
  Fabriano
  Faenza
  Falerone
  Fano – large sections of the Roman walls and towers are preserved. One town gate still remains, the Roman Arco di Augusto.
  Felizzano
  Ferrara - originally 13 km now 9 km remain
  Firenzuola
  Fiuggi
  Florence
  Foligno
  Fossano - a minor part remains, particularly a bastion at the north end
  Forlì - remains include the ruins of the Porta Schiavona. The foundations of a tower can be found in the roundabout at the Piazza Santa Chiara.
  Gallipoli
  Gemona
  Genoa has partial fortifications still standing
  Glurns Glorenza in Italian, the medieval stone walls fully encapsulate the old town
  Gradara
  Gradisca d'Isonzo - large part of the walls and towers still intact
  Grosseto's star shaped town walls are almost completely intact.
  Guardiagrele
  Guastalla - a star shaped road around the town indicates the trace of the fortifications. A wall tower still stands at the corner Via Giuseppe Verdi/Via Volturno.
  Iglesias
  Isernia
  Ivrea
  Jesi
  Lanciano
  Lazise - part of the northern and southern walls still intact, including several towers and 3 town gates.
  Lecce
  Lecco - small part of the walls remains on the north east
  Leonessa
  Loano
  Loro Piceno
  Lucca
  Macerata
  Marostica - The defensive walls around the old town are fully intact. The walls are among the best preserved medieval defensive structures in Italy. Including 3 town gates, 20 towers and two castles, the Castello Superiore and the Castello Inferiore.
  Marsala
  Marta
  Massa Martana
  Massa Fermana
  Matera
  Melfi
  Messina - see Fortifications of Messina
  Mignano Monte Lungo - the Porta Fratte town gate is the only remain of the medieval town walls.
  Mondolfo
  Monopoli
  Montefalco
  Montegiorgio
  Montagnana - perfectly preserved medieval walls and one of the most impressive in Europe
  Montappone - small fortified town. The town directly borders the walled town of Massa Fermana
  Montecassiano
  Montecatini Terme
  Monte del Lago
  Mon
caption: Town wall in Jesi.
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