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On the sign:
TORRE-PORTA DI TAUROMENIO O DELL’OROLOGIO SEC.XII - LE FONDAMENTA RISALGONO AL IV SEC. A.C - ERA LA PORTA DELLA TERZA CINTA MURARIA
THE GATE OR CLOCK TOWER XIITH CENTURY THE FOUNDATIONS WERE LAID IN THE IV TH CENTURY B.C. THIS WAS THE GATE OF THE THIRD AND INNERMOST DEFENSIVE SYSTEM
The tower is also known as the Porta di Mezzo - the middle gate, in light of its location it is the gate to the village that was in the Middle Ages and distinguishes between the classical and Hellenistic parts of Taormina. In the 17th century the tower was destroyed by the French invaders, it was rebuilt in 1679 and then a clock was also placed in it.
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