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Published by Gracie Williams, 2019-12-09 13:51:44

Italy Photo Book

THE SAN MARCO CATHEDRAL
WAS BEGUN IN ITS ORIGINAL
FORM IN 829 A S A N
ECCLESIASTICAL STRUCTURE
TO HOUSE AND HONOUR THE
RE M AINS OF S T. M A RK BU T DID
NOT BECOME THE CATHEDRAL
CH U RCH OF V E NICE U NTIL 1807.
IT IS THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE
CITY’S CHURCHES AND ONE OF
THE BEST KNOWN EXAMPLES
OF ITALO-BYZANTINE
ARCHITECTURE













Palazzo Ducale

05 · 28 · 18

DOGE’S PALACE IS A MASTERPIECE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILDING
AND ITS SCULPTURAL DECORATION DATE FROM VARIOUS PERIODS. IT WAS THE SEAT
OF THE VENICE GOVERNMENT FOR CENTURIES UNDER ITS NAMESAKE THE ELECTED
RULER OF VENICE. IT WAS THE VENUE FOR ITS LAW COURTS, CIVIL ADMINISTRATION
AND BUREAUCRACY AND THE CITY JAIL, UNTIL ITS RELOCATION ACROSS THE BRIDGE
OF SIG HS. IT OPE N E D A S A M USEU M IN 1923.











Bridge of Sighs.

THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS IS AN ENCLOSED BRIDGE WITH HAS WINDOWS
WITH STONE BARS. IT PASSES OVER THE RIO DI PALAZZO, AND
CONNECTS THE NEW PRISON TO THE INTERROGATION ROOMS IN
THE DOGE’S PALACE.

The Peggy
Guggenheim
Collection

05 · 28 · 2018

THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION IS A MODERN ART MUSEUM ON THE GRAND CANAL IN THE
DORSODURO SESTIERE OF VENICE, ITALY AND IS ONE OF THE MOST VISITED AT TR ACTIONS IN VENICE.











Firenze



Firenze

05 · 28 · 2018 05 · 31 · 2018

Duomo
di Firenze

06 · 01 · 18

TH E C ATH E DR A L OF FLORE NCE BEG A N IN 1296 DE SIG N E D BY
ARNOLFO DI CAMBIO IN A GOTHIC ST YLE AND WAS STRUCTUR ALLY
COM PLE TE D BY 1436. TH E DOM E WA S DE SIG N E D BY FILIPP O
BRUNELLESCHI. THE EXTERIOR OF THE BASILICA ISFEATURES
MARBLE PANELS IN VARIOUS SHADES OF GREEN AND PINK,
BORDE RE D BY W HITE, A N D H A S A N E L A BOR ATE 19TH-CE NT U RY
GOTHIC REVIVAL FAÇADE. THE CATHEDRAL COMPLEX, IN PIAZZA DEL
DUOMO, INCLUDES THE BAPTISTERY AND GIOTTO’S CAMPANILE.





Gallerie
degli Uffizi

06 · 02 · 18

THE UFFIZI GALLERY ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT AND MOST VISITED ITALIAN
MUSEUMS. IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE LARGEST
AND BEST KNOWN IN THE WORLD, AND
HOLDS A COLLECTION OF PRICELESS WORKS,
PARTICUL ARLY FROM THE PERIOD OF THE ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE. AFTER THE RULING HOUSE OF
M E DICI DIE D OU T, TH EIR A RT COLLEC TIONS W E RE
GIF TE D TO TH E CIT Y OF FLORE NCE. IN 1765 TH E
UFFIZI WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC
A N D IN 1865, IT FORM A LLY BEC A M E A M USEU M.
THE UFFIZI IS ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN
MUSEUMS.









Basilica di
Santa Maria Novella

06 · 01 · 18

THE BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA WAS
FOUNDED BY MONKS OF THE DOMINICAN ORDER
IN TH E FIR S T H A LF OF TH E 13TH CE NT U RY. TH E
MARBLE FACADE OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA IS
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF THE
FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE, DESPITE HAVING BEEN
INITIATED IN PREVIOUS PERIODS. IT WAS ONLY
FIN A LLY COM PLE TE D IN 1920. TH E PH A RM AC Y
ATTATCHED TO SANTA MARIA NOVELLA USED
MEDICINAL HERBS GROWN IN THE MONASTIC
GARDENS TO MAKE MEDICATIONS, BALMS AND
P OM A DE S FOR TH E MON K S’ IN FIRM A RY.











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