See Portale di San Giorgio, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

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The Portal of San Giorgio is the symbolic monument of the city of Ragusa, it was built in Gothic-Catalan style in the first half of the XIII century as part of the church of San Giorgio now disappeared. Portal survived the earthquake of 1693. One of the few remains in the area before that year. Built with blocks of soft limestone, with a light pink color. The lunette above the architrave represents the holy knight who pierces the dragon, with the queen of Berito, kneeling to witness the scene. The arch is contained between two fluted pilasters and the upper space is enriched by two large lozenges, inside which houses the Ragusa eagle. The interstices between the columns of the arch are adorned with figures that represent the arts and craft industries and along the whole surface by a theory of monstrous and imaginary figures, including flowers and leaves, heritage of medieval bestiaries. In the embrasures it has elegant bundle columns, which come together to form a harmonious arch; the last column of the nine beams does not follow the arch but narrows, rises above the other eight to form a large flower.

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