Transcript Diapositiva 1

PIANTA DI VENEZIA – VENICE MAP
The FONDACO DEI TURCHI is a typical
example of a storage house of the
Veneto-Byzantine era. It was built in the
14th century by Giacomo Palmieri, it
was for a time the residence of the Duke
of Ferrara and then rented to Turkish
merchants from 1621 to 1838. The
interior decorations were so beautiful
and impressive that the Palace has been
used frequently by the Venetian Senate
for official receptions. Despite of that it
was one of the most important "casafondaco" (storage houses) of Venice.
When the house was practically on the
verge of collapsing into irrecoverable
ruins, it was rebuilt mid 19th century.
Unfortunately "rebuilt" is a wrong term,
since the original style of the edifice
was completely denatured. Since 1924 it
is the museum of Natural Sciences
(Museo Civico di Storia Naturale). Dusty
collections of fossils and stuffed
animals, even a genuine dinosaur
skeleton.
ST. MARK’S BASILICA
This awesome Basilica, built on a Greek cross plan and
crowned with five huge domes, is the third church to stand on
thise site. The first, built to enshrine the body of St. Mark in
the 9th century, was destroyed by fire. The second was pulled
down in the 11th century in order to make way for a more
spectacular edifice designed by an unknown architect (10631094); reflecting the escalating power of the republic.
INSIDE
Dark, mysterious and enriched with the spoils of conquest, the
Basilica is a unique blend of Eastern and Western influences.
This oriental extravaganza, embellished over a period of six
centuries with fabulous mosaics, marble and carvings, made a
fitting location for the ceremonies of the Serene Republic.
MOSAICS
Clothing the domes, walls and floor of the basilica are over
4,000 sq m of gleaming golden mosaics. The earliest, dating
from the 12th century, were the work of mosaicists from the
east. Their techniques were adopted by Venetian craftsmen
who gradually took over the decoration, combining Byzantine
inspiration with western influences.
MUSEO MARCIANO
A precarious stairway from the
atrium, marked Loggia dei
Cavalli, takes you up to the
church museum. The gallery
gives a splendid view into the
basilica, while from the exterior
loggia you can survey the
Piazza St. Marco and take a
close look at the replica horses
on the church façade.
THE PALA D’ORO
Beyond the Chapel of St.
Clement, tickets are sold to
view the most valuable treasure
of San Marco: the Pala d’Oro.
This jewel-spangled altarpiece
situated behind the high altar
consists of 250 enamel
paintings on gold foil, enclosed
within a gilded silver Gothic
frame.
BASILICA S. MARCO
Andrea Gritti was the
Doge of Venice from
1523 to 1538
A. Gritti painted by Tiziano
Torcello is a small community in the lagoon of Venice. It
holds now only 24 inhabitants, but around the Vth century
it was very important place: it reached a population of
20,000 people. At the moment interesting to visit the
Church of Santa Maria Assunta and the Church of
Santa Fosca. The Church of Santa Maria Assunta has one
of the walls completely covered with a wonderful Byzantine
mosaic representing "Il Giudizio Universale". The Church of
Santa Fosca has outwardly an octagonal frame with three
apses. The central one has two rows of arcades and an
harmonious colonnade. On the altar you can admire a
beautiful sculpture from XV century which represents Santa
Fosca
DIVERTIMENTI
The 25th of April is the feast of St Mark, patron of
the
city of Venice.
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was
a famous
procession
which
of visitors
every
year and
is religious
centred and
on acivil
different theme
leaders and craftsmen took part.
each time. The heart of the Festival is in St Mark’s Square
These days, the feast is celebrated with a
where there
is Basilica.
a dazzling array of performances and parades.
procession
in the
Two weeks to pass in the midst of masks, entertainment, fun
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Venice.
The
of the Ascension
Sensa) is the
festivity re-enacting Venice’s Marriage to the Sea
when the Doge embarks on the Bucintoro,
the golden ceremonial barge of the Serenissima,
and throws his ring into the sea at the mouth of the
port near San Nicolò. Today the role of the Doge
is played by the city’s Mayor.
The Regatta of the Historic Marine Republics is a
competition that takes place every year in one of
the old republics, Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa or Venice,
celebrating their splendours and the extraordinary
adventures of the days when their fleets dominated
the Mediterranean.
The Vogalonga
– long-haul
– where there stands the Cathedral of San
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the second
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1807. The Festival takes
non-competitive
marathon
around
the islands
lagoon
place in the
last week
of June
and isofa the
local
feastand
for tasting local products
back to the Grand Canal with the
under the stars and by lamplight.
finishing line at the Church of the Salute. The regatta was founded 31 years
ago by a group of Venetian boating enthusiasts and since then has become
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beginning
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Regatta
and fireworks
the Basin
St Mark.
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overin the
island.of The
festival begins with the pageant of historic
vessels and concludes with the regatta which is the most important series
of boat races during the year.
The Festival of the Salute (Our Lady of Good Health) is the
most popular religious festival and recalls the time that Venice
was saved from the Plague of 1630 and the city built a church in thanksgiving.
Santa Maria della Salute
• The great baroque church of Santa Maria della Salute, standing at the entrance of the
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Grand Canal, is one of the most imposing architectural landmarcks of Venice. Henry
James likened the church to “some great lady on the threshold of her salon…with her
domes and scrolls, her scalopped buttres and statues forming a pompous crown and
her wide spets disposed on the ground like the train of a robe”. The church was built
in thanksgiving for the deliverance of the city from the plaghe of 1630, hence the
name Salute, meaning healt and salvation. Every 21st november, in celebration,
worshippers approach across a bridge of boats wich span the mouth of the gran
canal for the occasion. Baldassare Longhena started the church in 1630 and worked
on it for the rest of his life.
It was completed in 1687, 5 years after his death. The interior is comparetively sober.
It consists of a large octagonal space below the cupola and 6 chapels radiating from
the ambulatory.
The large domed chancel and grandiose high altar dominate the view from the main
door. The altar’s sculptural group by Giusto Le Corte represenrs the Virgin and child
giving Venice protection from the plague. Unfortunately, some of the best works,
such as Titian’s ceiling paintings of Cain and Abel, the sacrifice of Abraham and Isaac
and David and Goliath, are behind the altar, where visitors are nor allowed. In the
sacresty, to the left of the altar, is Titian’s early altar piece of St.Enthroned with
saints cosmos, Damian, Roch and Sebastian, while on the wall opposite the entrance
the wedding at Cana (1551), a major work by Tintoretto.
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