Porta Vescovo was a gate or portal of the former outer medieval walls of the city of
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...
, Italy. It was designed and built during 1520 by the architect
Teodoro Trivulzio. It is named ''Vescovo'', because the gate once collected a toll benefitting the bishop.
The external façade of the central arch is decorated with marble with a form resembling an ancient Roman
triumphal arch
A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road. In its simplest form a triumphal arch consists of two massive piers connected by an arch, cro ...
. In the mid-19th-century, barracks, an arsenal, and pedestrian entry points were added. The structure stands near
Verona Porta Vescovo railway station
Verona Porta Vescovo ( it, Stazione di Verona Porta Vescovo) is a railway station serving the city of Verona, in the region of Veneto, northern Italy. The station opened in 1847 and is located on the Milan–Venice railway. The train services are ...
, the station for trains to
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
.
Turismo Verona site
City Commune, entry describing gate.
References
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Renaissance architecture in Verona
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