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356 356 ITALIAX ARCHITECTUEE. Part IL ^K'^S&'hI^p^ i. . - .■.->■• '^ ■■£'■ "fl" ■IT SM :;' 785 North Porch, Sta. Mariii :raggiore. Bergamo. (From Street's " Brick and Marble of the Middle Ages.") The two main pillars rest on lions, as is universally the case in these porches throughout Italy, though rarely found elsewhere. Like most of these Italian ]>orches, this one will not stand criti- cism as a purely architectural object ; but its details are so beautiful