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Santa
Maria Gloriosa dei Frari surely is one of the biggest
church in Venice and an important Franciscan Architecture's
example as well. Francescan friars got the land in 1250
by doge Jacopo Tiepolo and immediately built
a little church with an opposite orientation compare
to the modern one. Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, as
appears nowadays, dates back to the middle of fourteenth
century and got its model from SS. Giovanni e Paolo
Church, situated in San Marco's Sestiere...
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This School was built in 1515 following the project of
Bon and Scarpagnino, and soon became famous becouse
of the Tintoretto's paintings. Tintoretto in
fact worked here for more than twenty years representing
many masterpieces of Venetian painting between the
Renaissance and Mannerism.
Besides, here are kept works by Giorgione, Tiziano
and Tiepolo.
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Becouse
of the paintings dedicated to this School we are sure
it was the most important non-denominational institution
in Venice during the past. San Giovanni evangelista
was founded in 1261 and soon became famous when it received
the Cross's relic by an official of the Cyprus kingdom
in 1369. The fact was so important that many paintings,
kept at the Accademia Gallery testified the moment:
Processione della Croce in Piazza S.Marco, Il miracolo
della Croce al Ponte di S.Lorenzo, both by Gentile Bellini
and...
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Madonna dell'Orto Church:The name derives from
a miraculous image of the Madonna who one scultor
had placed in its house garden and that soon began
to being venerated from the inhabitants of this district.
The church is a fundamental stage in order to know
the painting of Jacopo Robusti called the Tintoretto
who here was buried with the sons in the right chapel
close to the main altar.
The construction engaged all the fifteenth century
- changing an older building - and turning out one
of the more typical structures of the Gotich Venice,
as it demonstrates the tripartition of the facade.
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Ca' D'Oro:
Once upon the time was considered one of the most sumptuous
buildings of Venice for the beautiful colours of its
facade, Ca' D'oro knew an unlucky period becouse of
the several restorations made during five centuries
of history, till baron Giorgio Franchetti bought it
at the end of XIX century to create an art gallery.
Inside it's possible to admire masterpieces by Mantegna,
Diana and Carpaccio. Besides there are many paintings
of Flemish school and what remain of the decorations
that one time made beautiful the facades of the buildings
near the "Canal Grande" (main channel of Venice).
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Saint
Giorgio's School: The School took its name by the
Dalmatian community which became a corporation in 1451
with the patronage of saints George, Jerom and Tryphon.
It was officially opened in 1451 and testifies the presence
of the Dalmatian (Schiavoni) community: Venice always
trades with Dalmatia during its history. This School
would probably be anonymous now if Jerusalem's patriarch
had not gave the S. George's relic to the commander
of Venetian fleet in 1502. At the same time, Carpaccio,
was charged to realize some paintings dedicated to the
saints Agostino, Matteo and Giorgio: masterpieces where
Carpaccio reached the perfection of its art.
School was closed as the other by Napoleon's edict.
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Basilica di San Pietro: This church was the cathedral
of Venice 'till 1807, when Saint Mark's Basilic became
the religious centre of the city.
San Pietro was rebuilt on a previous building of the
seventh century a.C. and dedicated to San Pietro by
the bishop Magno. Original building, as appears nowadays,
it's the result of a remake, partially completed, based
on a project by Palladio.
Here, seignory used to come the eight of January to
commemorate the end of the pestilence in 1630. In memory
of all the episodes of plague that threw Venice and
the entire Europe into confusion, also San Lorenzo implora
l'aiuto divino per la liberazione di Venezia dalla peste
del 1447 by Antonio Bellucci painted in the end
of 1600.
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Basilica os San Marco : beautiful Venetian church
with 5 domes looks like the ancient church of Costantinopoli.
It was embellished during the early centuries of the
last millennium and particulary in the thirtheenth century
when Venice dominated Mediterranean culture and economy.
The church, built to represent the power of Serenissima,
is externally embellished with marble, mosaics and bas-relief:
all maded with precious materials came from Bisanzio,
Aquileia and Ravenna. Internally, the church has a Greek
cross plan with domes substained by big columns.
But the most amazing fact of this church is that the
architectural structure is perfectly hidden by the beauty
of the mosaics...
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Rialto
Bridge: Till thirteenth century Venice was built
on a groups of islands separated by channels and to
get on the other side were laid down wood boards. Later
many bridges were built in Venice but no one of them
joining the Gran Canal's banks.
This was a big problem for the Establishment so that
population was always teasing it about this promise.
Competition had been won by Antonio da Ponte who thought
a unic arch bridge, 48 meters long and 22 meters wide.
Foundation was started in 1588, and it took some years
to finally join the opposite part of the Gran Canal
and subsitute the previous wood bridge that many times
collapsed before. To get an image of this previous bridge
look at the famous painting by Carpaccio "Guarigione
di un ossesso")...
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