The Porta Soprana or Porta di Sant`Andrea in Ligurian Pòrta de Sant`Andria was one of the gateways to the city of Genoa [1] . Among the main medieval stone buildings of the Ligurian capital, it is located on the top of the Piano di Sant`Andrea a short distance from the homonymous hill, flattened at the beginning of the twentieth century , from which it takes its name the name Soprana is instead a corruption from Superana : the door was so called because it was raised above the city level.
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