Plaque from the (now demolished) Porta Romana Gate, from the inner circle of the city walls, built in 1171 and demolished in 1793. It commemorates the rebuilding of the town and of its walls, which had been demolished by emperor <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Federico_Barbarossa" class="mw-redirect" title="Federico Barbarossa">Frederick I, Barbarossa</a> in 1167. Exceptionally, in mentions the name of the architect of the walls, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_di_Mastegnianega" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerardo di Mastegnianega">Gerardo di Mastegnianega</a>. The plaque now stands in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Museo_d%27arte_antica_a_Milano" class="mw-redirect" title="Museo d'arte antica a Milano">Museum of Ancient Art</a> in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Castello_sforzesco_a_Milano" class="mw-redirect" title="Castello sforzesco a Milano">Castello sforzesco</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Milan">Milan</a>, Italy, room 6. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, February 14 2008.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>.
Attribution
<span class="int-own-work">Self-photographed</span>