Volterra - Arco Etrusco

From the center of Volterra a stepped lane, Via Porta all'Arco (many alabaster workshops), runs southwest to the Arco Etrusco (Etruscan Arch), a gate in the ancient circuit of walls. The dressed stones flanking the gateway and the three much-weathered heads on the arch date from the fourth-third centuries B.C.; the arch itself was rebuilt in Roman times, and the masonry on either side of the gate is medieval.