Name: Portale di Diana (Diana Pavilion), Valsanzibio Garden
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Davide Fioraso

April 11, 2023

The "Portale di Diana" or "Pavilion of Diana" was the main entrance to the Barbarigo estate in the 17th century and was one of the first built works of Bernini's design (work started around 1662). This superb and imposing entrance door represents one of the most important places in the whole monumental complex of the Garden of Valsanzibio. It didn't just mean access to the home of the Barbarigos, emphasizing the grandeur of the place, but it was the beginning of the path of salvation wanted by Saint Gregorio Barbarigo.

Just in front of the Portal, outside it, on two sturdy pillars, rest the shields of the Barbarighi, supported by two statues representing angels in the calm attitude of children in short tunics. The Diana Pavilion, in addition to being a majestic building, is decorated with masks, bas-reliefs and 13 statues in Istrian stone, all sculpted by the sculptor Enrico Merengo.

Among these sculptures, perhaps the most important are the six on the entrance facade of the portal and the four on the internal parapet.

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Location: Galzignano Terme, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Portale di Diana (Diana Pavilion), Valsanzibio Garden

1. Historic Valsanzibio Garden Trail through Euganean Hills

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3. View of the Euganean Hills – Pianoro del Mottolone loop from Valsanzibio

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