We have news about its existence already at the end of the twelfth century, in the award of the Sienese consuls Iacopo “Arungerius” and Altovito who on 8 November 1198 pronounced themselves in the dispute between Orvieto and Acquapendente on the demolition of the walls.
The name of the gate is not mentioned in the award of the Sienese consuls Iacopo “Arungerius” and Altovito who on 8 November 1198 pronounced themselves in the controversy between Orvieto and Acquapendente on the demolition of the walls, after the war of 1197. Only in the 16th century, Paolo Biondi , describing the six gates of the city, he remembers that the one you enter when you come towards Siena is called Ripa.
