Fictional Cities - Reading and Travelling
The Churches of Florence & Siena
The Ornamentalist
Fictional Cities - Reading and Travelling
The Ornamentalist
Description: The Churches of Venice - their history, art, architecture, and odd stories.
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Cannaregio Castello Dorsoduro San Marco San Polo Santa Croce Giudecca The Islands The List The Lost Churches The Scuole The Veneto: Padua and Verona Emilia-Romagna: Bologna and Ferrara
I created this site in 2007 because there wasn't a site like it, or indeed a comprehensive book of Venice's churches available in English. It's all my own work. The photos are too, except where noted. The churches are divided up by sestiere - the six 'boroughs' of Venice established by Doge Vitale Michiel in 1171. I've added an extra page for Giudecca, which is not a sestiere - it's actually part of Dorsoduro - but is a separate enough entity to deserve its own page, I think. There are also pages devoted to
Each church's history is told, followed by a description of its architecture, artistic highlights, unique features, the art it has lost and any interesting stories. The degree to which each topic is covered will vary, depending on the information available and what makes each church interesting and worth visiting, as will the amount of personal observation and opinion in each piece. The latter depends on my having visited the church, and how recently, and it's this aspect that will keep the site improving f
Fictional Cities - Reading and Travelling
The Churches of Florence & Siena
The Ornamentalist
Fictional Cities - Reading and Travelling
The Ornamentalist