## Porta Maestra

Gradske zidine obuhvaćaju sjeverni dio grada i povezuju se s tvrđavom Forticom. Započele su se graditi u 13. st., a današnji oblik dobile su tijekom 14. i 15. st. Vrh zidina utvrđen je kruništem sa zupcima i ophodom, a na više je mjesta učvršćen četvrtastim kulama. Na južnom zidu prema hvarskom trgu otvorena su dvoja vrata od kojih ona zapadna imaju monumentalni portal gotičkog stila. Nazivaju se Glavna vrata - Porta Maestra, a od 15. st. i Palmina vrata - Porta del datallo. U 16. st. ova vrata se nazivaju i Tržnična vrata - Porta del mercato.

1. Stara razglednica iz 1908. godine

2. Natpis izbrisan krajem 17. st. odredbom mletačkog Senata

## Porta Maestra

City walls enclose the northern part of the city and they are connected with the Fortica fortress. Their building started in the 13th cent. and they got the present shape during the 14th and 15th cent. Top of the walls is fortified with a battlement with merlons, crenels and a walkway. It is reinforced with square towers at several places. On the southern wall towards the main square two gates were opened out of which the western one has the monumental portal in the Gothic style. It is called the Main Gate (Porta Maestra) and the Gate of the Palm-tree (Porta del datallo) from the 15th cent. In the 16th cent. this gate was also called the Market Gate (Porta del mercato).

1. Old postcard from 1908

2. The inscription erased in late 17th cent. by the decision of the Venetian Senate