Arch of San Lazzaro, Parma, Baroque triumphal arch in Via Emilia Est, Parma, Italy

The Arch of San Lazzaro is a triumphal arch on Via Emilia Est in Parma, built in brick and coated with yellow-painted plaster. It has a tall central archway flanked by two lower, narrower passages, framed by four paired pilasters on each facade. A plain attic, added in 1714, rises above the cornice.

The gateway was built in 1628 by architect Giovanni Battista Magnani to commemorate the marriage between Duke Odoardo Farnese and Margherita de Medici. It marks an important moment in Parma's dynastic history and political connections of that time.

The arch's panels were painted, not carved: Giulio Cesare Amidano, with Giovanni Lippi, Alessandro Giacardi, Annibale Bertoia and Agostino Salmi, depicted Roman episodes such as Marcus Aemilius Lepidus founding the colony and Parma sending citizens to Rome during floods, plus the 1248 defeat of Frederick II. Ippolito Medini and Giovanni Battista Boffa made the stuccoes.

The gateway sits along Via Emilia Est, a main street at the eastern edge of the city where it is easy to reach and view from the outside. Its location allows visitors to see the monument in relation to how it served as a city entrance point.

The arch lost its role as a city gateway after World War II, when a wide traffic island was built around it and it was absorbed into the urban fabric. A full restoration with new lighting followed in 2005. Visitors can still walk around the structure rather than through it.