THE PORTE 31 of the deflection of the Fourth Crusade, and the emains of curtains and bastions which we now see, Iso the great gates, the Porta Marina, near the mding quay, and the Porta di Terraferma, both nth Lions of S. Marco over them, are the work of the Venetian architect and engineer Sammichele, built between 1543 and 1570 as a protection against the Turkish menace. The Porta di Terraferma is especially noteworthy. It consists of a jÉoble central arch, with two lateral square-headed doors, in rusticated Gothic. On the gate are the ai ms of the Venetian nobles Diedo (per fesse or and azure, a bend gules) and Salamon (argent semé of lozenges, gules). The Porta Marina, opening on the quay, is a smaller but hardly less interesting portal. The Lion with his open book is a noble j»ecimen. The gate bears a Latin inscription ^plaining that the arch was erected by Melia Innina in honour of her husband, Lepitino Bassus ; and this has given rise to the local tradition that the arch was brought from Nona when that malaria-stricken city was abandoned, but I doubt it. Another inscription commemorates the victory of Lepanto. Sammichele’s fortifications have been removed on the sea side to give place to a very fine esplanade looking over the channel of Zara, a noble