Venice, Italy: San Marco: Doge's Palace: Higher Council Hall: Paradise by Tintoretto
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The photo shows the painting "The Paradise" (in Italian: Il Paradiso) by Tintoretto within the Higher Council Hall (Sala del Maggior Consiglio) within the Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), which is located in the San Marco district on the island of Venice, Italy. Venice (Venezia) is a city in northeastern Italy that is built on a group of 126 islands separated by open water and canals, linked through 472 bridges. The historical island city is home to only 51K people, but a very popular tourist destination with about 60K tourists per day. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is renowned for its beauty, architecture, and artwork. The Doge (chief magistrate) of Venice was the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice when this palace was built in 1340. The Higher Council Hall was the room where the most important legislative body of the Venetian State, the Maggior Consiglio, gathered to deliberate. A major fire in 1577 did extensive damage to the room's architecture, fittings, and artworks. This wall painting by Tintoretto (1588-94), assisted by his son, Domenico, is 22 feet high and 72 feet wide: one of the largest oil paintings in the world. It was painted in sections at the Scuola Vecchia della Misericordia and assembled in this chamber, with final details added. The painting depicts the coronation of Mary in Heaven.
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