Definition of Portasanta. Meaning of Portasanta. Synonyms of Portasanta

- railing. It is made of a yellow giallo antico marble frame with dark red portasanta balusters. The railing was enlarged and the turgid balusters were added...
- more common marbles, African, cipollino, giallo antico, pavonazzetto, portasanta and various granites, porphyries and serpentines, breccia di Sciro and...
- properties of the local earth. The marble from Chios, called marmor chium or "portasanta" today, became one of the most desireable and expensive in the Roman world...
- the columns of the peristyle of his house on the Palatine together with portasanta and pavonazzetto marble, and he also made extensive use of it in his Forum...
- three-bay marble screen of white marble supported on quatrefoil pillars of Portasanta marble and inlaid with Brocatello marble. The organ itself was rebuilt...
- column-shafts in different coloured marbles (giallo antico, pavonazzetto and portasanta) and with tympana in unusual shapes (triangular, half-moon and 'pagoda'-form...
- corridor had a low dado of red portasanta marble above which was a moulding in white luna marble. The panels included portasanta, giallo antico and porphyry...