A DETAIL OF THE FAMOUS BELLA CARTA DOORWAY OF THE DUCAL PALACE 



This doorway is late Gothic, with marked Renaissance tendencies. It is perhaps the most 

 ornate of all the portals of Venice, being regarded by some as overdone The Lion ot _bt. 

 Mark, before which the Doge Francesco Foscari kneels, is a restoration, the original having 

 been destroyed during the French Revolution. In the niches by the sides, the virtues— Cour- 

 age, Prudence, Hope, Charity — watch over the entrance. 



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