Venice, Italy: San Polo: San Giovanni Evangelista
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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May 22, 2017
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Italy , Venice , Venezia , San Polo , San Giovanni Evangelista , Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista , Fraternal Orders , St. John the Evangelist in Art , Eagles in Art
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Multiple photos are associated with this record. Please click the links to view all of the items in the series. One photo shows the portal to the San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice, Italy. Venice (in Italian: 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 San Polo district is in the heart of the main island of Venice, near the Rialto Bridge and the Rialto Market. It is the smallest district and one of the oldest in the city. San Giovanni Evangelista is a small square in San Polo containing the Scuola Grande of the same name, one of the oldest fraternities of men in Venice. The central arch of the portal is generally attributed to Pietro Lombardo, ca. 1481. The eagle sculpture is a symbol of St. John the Evangelist, which helped Renaissance Venetian men to know which scuola they were entering. An additional photo in this series also seems to be a relief sculpture of an eagle on the exterior of a building.
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0