|
Isola di San
Giorgio Maggiore
March 2012 trip to Madrid,
Venice,
Verona,
Milan
and Paris.
Venice: Water taxi,
Sestiere
di Castello, San Marco in the morning,
Murano, Ristorante
A Beccafico, Secret Itinerary Tour, Campanile,
Cathedral Basilica, Osteria
Ae Sconte, Rialto Markets, Jewish
Ghetto,
San Giorgio Maggiore, Santa
Maria della Salute, Gondola Ride
Previous Page
Next Page
|
High Altar by Antonio Vassilacchi
|
San Giorgio Maggiore
Thursday continued
I had been admiring the church of San Giorgio Maggiore
across the lagoon since we first approached on the water taxi and we finally
took a vaporetto to the Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore. Although photography
had been prohibited at every church and museum we had visited up until
now, San Giorgio permitted photography and pretty much every place we went
for the rest of the vacation permitted it.
San Giorgio is now best known for the Church of San
Giorgio Maggiore. The Benedictine church was designed by Palladio and
built between 1566 and 1610. The foundation stone was laid in the presence
of the Pope.
After we toured the interior of the church, we purchased
tickets from a monk and took an elevator to the top of the campanile, where
we photographed the surrounding islands.
The façade of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
Sestiere Castello waterfront in the distance - at the right, is one
of two Istrian stone lighthouse towers which were designed in 1813 by Guiseppe
Mezzani
(prints of this photo are available at Finearts
America)
The interior of San Giorgio Maggiore is very bright with massive columns
and pilasters on undecorated, white surfaced walls
The organ of San Giorgio Maggiore is incorporated into the main altar
and was built between 1565 and 1610
The choir stalls are decorated with scenes from the life of St. Benedict
which were carved in the 1590s
View from the campanile
Isola di San Servolo is known as the "Island of the Mad" - it was an
asylum for 250 years, but is now museum dedicated to the history of the
asylum
The other Guiseppe Mezzani lighthouse
Another shot of the Sestiere Castello waterfront
Venice Panorama
Previous Page
Keith's other
trips Mighty
Mac Home
Next Page
|