![]() ![]() “Square like a keep, it is only possible to reach the deck by a soft slope with one broad step along each angle of the wall.” “They arrive at the summit by a soft slope, by a true track, because the staircase is joined, constructed in bricks and devoid of degrees.” In fact, grieved, they did not tell us the cell phone number of the Angel! to prevent the angel from flying away? All the same, it is Venetian! Our angel is more now well updated with an antenna lightning conductor, anti-pigeons on each one of its wings, the whole without forgetting wire fixed between its wings. ![]() In the Summit, an Angel Pushed by the WindĪt the top of the Bell tower of Saint-Mark a gold covered angel stands which turns to the favor of the wind. Unavoidable in this place of the city of Venice! The doors of course each have their lion of Saint-Mark. You can see a detail of the bronze doors of the loggia opposite completed by Antonio Galli. ![]() “One can regard the Loggetta as one of the vastest reliquaries of the world: there are pieces of the true crucifix displayed, various instruments of Passion of Our Lord, the knife which was of use for him during the Last Supper, the holy remains of John the Baptist, the handwritten Gospel of Saint-Mark, etc.” The bronzed doors at the entrance of the Loggia sculpted in 1734 by Antonio Galli. First the Loggia was intended to act as meeting room to the noblemen Venetians until 1610.īut, lastly, Procurators of Saint-Mark occupied it, and it is from there that they ordered the guard during the meetings of the Large Council.” One cannot imagine something so gracious and delicate, as well harmonized as this kind of small palace in miniature which they name the Loggia. It was by 1540 when it this leader carried out his work that one does not grow tired of admiring. Nothing was more delightful than the small square building, dressed in marble and bronzes encircled by statues. “In this work the artist revealed all his genius. Thanks to this demonstration Galileo was named professor to the University of Padua and accepted a 1,000 florin pension a year.Īt the beginning of the XVIth century, the lower part of the Bell tower’s raw stones was not in harmony with splendor besides of the Place Saint-Mark. The senator Antonio di Gerolamo Priuli left a description. Thanks to the intervention of his friend Paolo Sarpi, Galileo was invited to introduce his telescope in Venice.Īugust 21st, 1609 Galileo is at the top of the Bell tower with the Doge Leonardo Donato and of members of the Senate. It is there that Galileo introduced his Telescope to the Senate of Venice and to the Doge. The 4 faces of the Bell tower of Saint-Mark correspond in 4 cardinal points. ↓↓ skip to content ↓↓ Italy Venice | Florence | ![]()
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