The Porta Mariae (

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, "Marian Gate") is a

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in Naga City commemorating the tercentenary of the devotion to

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accessed January 9, 2013Naga City: Porta de Mariae
accessed January 9, 2013 The arch, wide, deep and high, is surmounted by a tall brass image of

and two angels on each side. The main portal’s two small gates each accommodate three persons, while the central portal accommodates at least eight persons. The arch was commissioned by the Archdiocese of Cáceres, and its construction was financed by the Peñafrancia Devotees of Metro Manila Foundation Inc. with General Salvador Mison as its director. It was designed by architect Gian Paolo P. Priela and completed under the direction of engineer Noriel L. Villar. The ''Porta Mariae'' was blessed and inaugurated by Archbishop

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on 9 September 2010.

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