Madonna di San Luca, Bologna
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The Sanctuary of the Madonna of San Luca is a basilica church located in Bologna, northern Italy, situated atop the forested hill of Colle della Guardia, approximately 300 metres above the city plain,
The sanctuary of the Virgin of Saint Luke on the top of the Colle della Guardia
Panoramic view of Bologna from the Sanctuary
View of the Sanctuary della Madonna di San Luca
The icon of the Virgin Mary, traditionally attributed to Luke the Evangelist
Portico
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A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in an
Madonna di San Luca, Bologna
…just southwest of the historical centre. Although a modern road leads to the sanctuary, it is more traditionally accessed via a 3.8 km-long monumental portico consisting of 666 arches, constructed between 1674 and 1793. This covered arcade, part of the Porticoes of Bologna UNESCO World Heritage Site, was…
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Temple of Portunus in Rome, with its tetrastyle portico of four Ionic columns
The hexastyle Temple of Concord at Agrigentum (c. 430 BCE)
The western side of the octastyle Parthenon in Athens