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NORTH MEETS EAST: VENICE AS A MELTING POT

In a silent courtyard with a badly leaning tower peeking in, near busy St Mark’s, stands the Orthodox church of St. George of the Greeks: Italian in form, it enshrines rich decorations by Cretan painters and a superb collection of brass and silver oil lamps and chandeliers.

The atmosphere inside is warm, imposing, and mystical at the same time. What is left of the Greek Community in Venice today still celebrates here.

The Community also owns a rich collection of Byzantine and Post Byzantine icons that can be seen in the museum next door. Icons are not just religious paintings, but rather can be described as visual prayers. You need to be in a state of pureness to create them…

A little further is the Brotherhood of the Dalmatian people (better known as “Scuola degli Schiavoni”), whose brave soldiers were loyal to the Republic until the very end. Established in 1455 (soon after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople) was endowed with an important cycle of canvases signed by Vettore Carpaccio (1502 – 1507).

The mood emanating from Carpaccio’ s paintings will transport you to another temporal dimension. The cycle is devoted to St George, St Jerome, and St Tryphone, whose lives and legends are narrated by the artist as if they were fairy tales rather than religious stories.

Particularly attractive are the

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mythical figure of St George fighting the Dragon, and the portrait of St Augustine as a true humanist scholar sitting in his studio, surrounded by books and objects. You’ll learn about whom inspired this fascinating canvas. and to which historical events it is connected.

We then reach the Rialto Bridge, the social and business core of the German community dating from the Middle Ages.

By the foot of the Bridge is the German Catholic Church, St Bartholomew, for which Albrecht Durer painted his “Virgin of the Rosary” (now in Prague).

Just past the Rialto Bridge the imposing mass of the German Fondaco, warehouse as well as trading center, still dominates the area.

The Fondaco (from the Arabic funduq, meaning ‘hotel’), was rebuilt at the beginning of the 16th century and was once frescoed by Giorgione and Titian, evokes the days in which Venice held the monopoly on the spice trade and imported silk and cotton fabrics, pigments and more.

The Germans brought metals, weapons, and machineries of all kinds. They were also active as bakers and jewelers. A flourishing commerce of artworks, precious objects and antiques rotated around the northern community in Venice.

The huge white limestone building, once vividly frescoed,
still beautiful and solid, was recently transformed into a shopping mall! The view from the new roof-terrace  is absolutely breathtaking.

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Greek Orthodox Church (San Giorgio dei Greci)
  • Museum of Byzantine and Post Byzantine Icons
  • Brotherhood of San Giorgio dei Dalmati (or “Scuola degli Schiavoni”) with the cycle of canvases by Vettore Carpaccio
  • Rialto Bridge and  Fontego dei Tedeschi

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NORTH MEETS EAST: VENICE AS A MELTING POT

Harbor and market, production center of luxury goods, and stop in the Grand Tour: for reasons of commerce, education or pleasure, Venice always attracted many foreigners, and always

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succeeded in living in peace and prosperity with them.

The largest foreign groups were the Greeks (up to 6000) and the Jews (almost 5000, we discuss them in our “Venice and the Jews” tour) but there were also many Germans, Dalmatians, Armenians, Albanians, Turks, Florentines, Milanese, and more.

This exotic blend of cultures and people engendered unique artistic and cultural results. To mention just one, in the field of printing, the German, Greek and Jewish presence was fundamental.

Thanks to these long-standing foreign communities, Venice became the capital of printing during the Renaissance, contributing enormously to the diffusion of culture all over Europe and the Mediterranean area.

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  • This tour lasts three hours and costs 295 euros up to six people (not per person), only private parties. For larger parties send us an email!
  • Museum admission fees: 10 euros per person

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