Detail of Porta Magenta, called "The door of the Mask"

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Detail of Porta Magenta (1777) designed by Vignola, commonly called "The door of the Mask" for the face carved on its top. Porta Magenta is the access door to the old town of Valentano, a village in the province of Viterbo in central Italy.

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Size: 4000px × 3000px
Location: valentano, provincia di viterbo, lazio, italia, europa
Photo credit: © Rupert Hansen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: apotropaic, architecture, bigmouth, europe, face, horizontal, italy, latium, mask, sculpture, symbols, tongue, valentano