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Piazza San Marco, Venice. View of the sea framed by the Doge’s Palace on the left and Scamozzi’s Library on
the right. The entrance to the piazza from the sea is marked by two granite columns, the Lion’s Column (1189)
and the Column of St. Theodore (1329).

O-torii, first gate to the Toshogu Shrine, Nikko,
Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, 1636

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Dr. Currutchet’s House, La Plata, Argentina, 1949, Le Corbusier.
A portal marks the entrance for pedestrians within a larger opening
that includes space for a carport.