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 Saint
Mark's Basilica: 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... |
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")... |
Scuola
Grande di San Rocco: 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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Historical
MOCENIGO Palace, main entrance with view on the Grand Canal,
a charming and completely furnished open space: living room
with big windows facing a beautiful old venitian garden, double
bed, sofa (converts in a suitable bed) possibility of
a 2nd extra single bed, kitchen, bathroom with shower. Romantic
escape for couples or suitable solution for families and simply
group of friends. You'll stay only 5 minutes both from the
famous Rialto Bridge and S. Mark's Square where it's possible
to get a public boat to join every area of Venice, the Lido
beach and the Venitian islands: Murano, Burano and Torcello.
