Venice, April 26, 2015

Venice April 26, 2015

waiting for the water taxi in Venice

goodbye to the Dolomites

leaving Bolzano

along the Grand Canal

the Grand Canal through Venice as seen from space
Pic by NASA

under a bridge

gondola and boats on the Grand Canal at
Ponte Degli Scalzi

D. Comare, across the Grand Canal from the train station

window opposite ours

Martha looking out our window on the Grand Canal

The Grand Canal from Palazzo Flanging to Campo San Marcuola.
painting by Canaletto (1738) at the J. Paul Getty Museum

The Grand Canal from Ponte dell’Accademia. In the foreground is Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti. In the distance is Santa Maria della Salute.
pic by Didier

Ponte Degli Scalzi

Palazzo Adoldo (16th century)
pic by Didier Descouens

on the Grand Canal

on the Grand Canal

Ca’Vendramin Calergi

on the Grand Canal

gondola going past the Palazzo Adoldo (16th century)

C’d’Oro

C’d’Oro on the right

Palazzo Michiel del Brusà
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Michiel del Brusà on left

gondola on the Grand Canal

The Rialto Bridge
pic by Chene Beck

The Rialto Bridge across the Grand Canal
pic by Didier Descouens

The Rialto Bridge

a winged lion, the symbol of Venice

Palazzo Bembo on right, with a little pedestrian bridge across the side canal

Palazzo Bembo

Corte del Forno Vecchio

the staircase was much used in Orson Wells’ film Hamlet

Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
its outside staircase is called the Scala Contarini del Bovolo (the Contarini Staircase of the Snail)

gondola through one of the side canals

Saint Mark’s Basilica

St. Mark’s Square

coming into St. Mark’s Square

winged lion, symbol of St. Mark and of Venice

winged lion

winged lion

St. George slays the dragon

pigeons on the lamplights

beautiful mosaics and murals on the walls

beautiful mosaics

The Pentecost Mosaic in St. Mark’s Basilica, in the center is the dove of the Holy Spirit with the twelve apostles below. This is one of the oldest mosaics in the church dating from 1125 AD

mosaic on the outside of St. Mark’s Basilica

Mosaic of the translation of the body of St. Mark

The Clock Tower of St. Mark’s Basilica, originally completed in 1500.

A semi-circular gallery with statues of the Virgin and Child seated, in gilt beaten copper. On either side are two large blue panels showing the time: the hour on the left in Roman numerals and the minutes (at 5 minute intervals) on the right in Arabic numerals. Twice a year, at Epiphany (6 January) and on Ascension Day (the Thursday 40 days after Easter, counting both days) the three Magi, led by an angel with a trumpet, emerge from one of the doorways normally taken up by these numbers and pass in procession round the gallery, bowing to the Virgin and child, before disappearing through the other door.

then we went to see an exhibition of Venetian glass blowing

Ponte Minich??

Below this is the great clock face in blue and gold inside a fixed circle of marble engraved with the 24 hours of the day in Roman numerals. A golden pointer with an image of the sun moves round this circle and indicates the hour of the day. Within the marble circle beneath the sun pointer are the signs of the zodiac in gold (these are original and date from the 1490s), which revolve slightly more slowly than the pointer to show the position of the sun in the zodiac. In the middle of the clockface is the earth (in the centre) and the moon, which revolves to show its phases, surrounded by stars which are fixed in position. The background is of blue enamel. The smaller blue circles in the four corners are not now used.

the result: a crystal horse

press the arrow to watch the movie clip

master glassblower giving us a demonstration

gondola on the Grand Canal

C’d’Oro
pic by Didier Descouens

Fondaco dei Turchi
pic by Didier Descouens

Ponte de la Croce
pic by Didier Descouens

Pescheria Rialto
pic by Didier Descouens

Santa Maria della Salute

San Simeone Piccolo built in the 18th century by Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto and the Scuela dei Tessitori di Panni di Lana
pic by Didier Descouens

Scuola dei Tessitori di Panni di Lana (School of Wool Weavers)
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Emo Diedo
pic by Didier Descouens

Ponte Degli Scalzi
pic by Ghouston

Santa Maria Degli Scalzi
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Foscari Contarini
pic by Abxbay

Palazzo Labio dal Canale Grande
pic by Stefano Remo

San Geremia church
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Flongini
pic by Nino Barbieri

Chiesa di San Stae
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Priuli Bon
pic by Johanning

Ca’Vendramin Calergi
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Perducci
pic by Didier Descouens

Ca’da Mosto
pic by Adriano

Palazzo Rezzonico
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Dolfin Manin
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo dei Camerle
pic by Adriano

Palazzo Cavalli
pic by Didier Descouens

Ca’Farsetti
pic by Didier Descouens

Ca’Loredan
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Tron a San Beneto
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Grimani di San Luca
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Corner Valmarana
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Bernardo
pic by Wolfgang Moroder

Palazzo Donnà Della Madoneta
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo d’Anna Viaro Martinengo Volpi di Misurata
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Malipiero
pic by Didier Descouens

Ca’ Rezzonico
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Pisani Moretta
pic by Didier Descouens

Accademia Bridge
pic by Didier Descouens

Casa Mainella
pic by Didier Descouens

Palazzo Loredana dell’Ambasciatore
pic by Didier Descouens

Dario Palace
pic by Nino Barbieri

Palazzo Salivati on the Grand Canal
pic by Tony Hisgett

Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti
pic by Massimo Catarinella

Arthur Luehrmann, Cary Bell Ramírez, Lincoln Ramírez, Martha Luehrmann, Vivian Kogan, Bernie Benn on the Grand Canal

Palazzo Dario by Monet (1908)

Grand Canal at night
pic by chensiyuan

the Grand Canal at night from our hotel window

Martha’s home page

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