Via del Borgo or degli Asini in Brisighella (Ravenna) is an elevated road that receives light from the irregularly-sized, arched windows that characterise it. Probably built in the 14th century, it is the village’s oldest defensive bulwark.
Initially unroofed, the road was a patrol walkway and communication route. When it lost its defensive function, it was covered and incorporated into the houses. The road’s name references the donkeys used by birocciai who transported plaster from the quarries overlooking the town. Their stables were located in front of the arches beneath their houses. The transport wagons, "le birocce", were placed in large rooms dug out of plaster, which opened onto the square below. A plaque commemorates the brother cardinals Gaetano and Giovanni Amleto Cicognani who were born here.
At the entrance to via del Borgo is the porta delle Dame, whose name apparently derives from the ladies who welcomed foreigners here.
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