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Jacopo Tatti, born in Florence in 1486, inherited from his master Andrea Contucci not only the artistic knowledge but also the nickname Sansovino. His studies alternated between Rome and the Tuscan capital and one of his first works as a student was…

Overlooking the Adriatic Sea until a relatively recent past, it then became entirely surrounded by lagoon waters following the construction of the north dam of the Lido of Venice and the formation of what is now called Punta Sabbioni, Sant'Erasmo is…

Excluding the artificial island of Tronchetto, created in the mid-20th century and of which it is now part, Santa Croce is the smallest sestiere in Venice. Delineated to the north by the Grand Canal, the sestiere is bordered to the east and south-…

Located in the westernmost point of the Grand Canal just before the Scalzi church, slightly set back to make room for a huge square, it is connected to the bus station (Piazzale Roma) through the recent Constitution bridge. The building was built…

He was born in Capodistria on 29 March 1561 to Antonio, of Friulian origin, and Elisabetta Cordonia, from Capodistria. Antonio, the father, served the Serenissima as sopramassaro delle munizioni and at an early age Santorio moved to the lagoon city…

Carlo Saraceni, a Venetian-born painter, arrived in Rome at the age of about twenty, around 1598 - 1600 and stayed there for about two decades where he gathered praise and success. When his time in the papal city was over, he returned to his…

The garden is located near the Ponte delle Guglie bridge, and belongs to the Savorgnan patrician residence of the same name, now housing a school. In the early days, the garden was designed by the architect Giuseppe Sardi, who also designed the…

Giovanni Sbordone was born in S. Donà di Piave in 1972 and has lived in Venice since 1979. Giovanni Sbordone graduated in contemporary history with Mario Isnenghi at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, and went on to obtain a PhD at the same…

Andrea Meldola or Meldolla, renamed Schiavone because he was born in Dalmatia, had the undisputed merit of inventing a new style of Venetian Renaissance painting that saw many admirers among his colleagues, in particular he was a point of reference…

There are two interpretations given for the name of this Jewish Scola: the first, the most original and interesting, focuses on its particular position on the cantón (‘corner’, in English) the other, as often happens with dwellings, is associated…

"Bet ha-kenèset hagedolà Kerminag askenazim" is the legible inscription on the entrance portal of the Synagogue and signifies that we are in front of the ‘great school according to the Germa n rite’, a gift from Joseph and Samuel Matatià.…

Five large arched windows symbolizing the five books of the Torah make the Italian Synagogue immediately recognisable from the outside. The most recent of the Synagogues of the Ghetto owes its construction, in particular, to the ‘Santa Comunità…