Tag: porta reale
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Tell Me More: The Arch of Noto, Sicily
Feel like a royal when you walk through the Porta Reale or Ferdinandea of Noto. Constructed as a triumphal arch for the king’s entry into the baroque city, the Porta Reale or Ferdinandea was commissioned and financed in 1838 by the Marquis of Cannicarao in anticipation of a visit to Noto by King Ferdinand II…