# Porta San Giovanni [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FALCONETTO, Giovanni Maria]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The walls of Padua are a complex of defensive works around the Italian city of Padua. One of the main gates of access is the Porta San Giovanni, designed by the architect Giovanni Maria Falconetto. This gate, completed in 1528, originally had a frieze showing the Lion of Saint Mark, symbol of the Venetian Republic. The frieze was destroyed during the Napoleonic Wars. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Loggia Odeon Cornaro]() - [Sign of Aquarius]() - [Sign of Aries]() - [Sign of Cancer]() - [Sign of Cancer]() - [Sign of Capricorn]() - [Sign of Gemini]() - [Sign of Leo]() - [Sign of Libra]() - [Sign of Pisces]() - [Sign of Sagittarius]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()