Fuoriporta and the Arco Quarter - Arpino (Italy)

From Municipio Square, through Giuseppe Cesare Street, on the left we can arrive at St Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi’s Square. Here, it is possible to admire the bronze sculpture dedicated to Santo, born in Arpino in 1743. From its small balcony the suggestive quarter of Civita Falconara can be admired. After Giuseppe Cesari’s Street, on the right there is the eighteenth-century palace, residence of the painter Giuseppe Cesari, known as the Knight of Arpino, from whom the Street takes the name. At the start of the Twentieth century, in order to make better access to the town, a part of the palace was demolished. After the palace, we can finally arrive at “Fuoriporta” where, on the left of the balcony, a marvellous landscape of the Liri valley can be admired, as well as a view on the plan of the ancient Latin Street, dating back to the First and Second centuries BC. Behind the balcony the church of Madonna delle Grazie can be viewed, on the left of which there is the staircase that leads to the entrance of the Arco Quarter. The quarter, born under the Cyclopean walls of the Acropolis of Civitavecchia, has its Mediaeval aspect, with its characteristic lanes. At the entrance, we can see the Arc Door and then we can travel along the principal street of the quarter, Marco Agrippa Street. On the right there is Maiura Street, where a steep staircase leads to Giuseppe Cesari Street. In Marco Agrippa Street, the beautiful bell tower of the collegiate of St Archangel Michael can be admired. A staircase before the bell tower leads to Municipio Square.