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Places to see in ( Venice - Italy ) Scala Contarini del Bovolo
Places to see in ( Venice - Italy ) Scala Contarini del Bovolo
The Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo is a small palazzo in Venice, Italy, best known for its external multi-arch spiral staircase known as the Scala Contarini del Bovolo. The palazzo is located in a small, less-travelled calle (street) near Campo Manin, about half-way between Campo San Bartolo, at the foot of the Rialto, and Campo Santo Stefano.
The staircase leads to an arcade, providing an impressive view of the city roof-tops. This palazzo has been visitable since February 2016. The palazzo was designed and built in its current form in the 15th century by the architect Giovanni Candi as one of the city residences of the Contarini family. Giorgio Spavento is believed to have been responsible for the addition of the grand spiral staircase on the exterior in 1499.
The Palazzo del Bovolo was chosen by Orson Welles as one of the main locations (Brabantio's house) for his 1952 adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, and the staircase is prominently featured in the film. The staircase was closed to the public for restoration work which began in August 2015 but is now open.
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SCALA CONTARINI DEL BOVOLO - AGOSTO 2011
Nascosta all'interno di una piccola corte, alla fine di una stretta calle, laterale al Campo Manin, emerge singolare in tutta la sua straordinaria eleganza la Scala Contarini del Bovolo. È uno dei più singolari esempi dell'architettura veneziana di transizione dallo stile gotico, ben radicato nella cultura locale, a quello rinascimentale. Alla fine del '400 Pietro Contarini fece aggiungere al suo palazzo tardo gotico di S. Paternian un nuovo corpo di fabbrica, probabilmente opera di Giovanni Candi, allo scopo di qualificare visivamente la facciata interna del palazzo prospicente un piccolo cortile, un tempo protetto da una cinta muraria. Una serie di logge sovrapposte congiunge i vari piani alla aerea scala che si snoda a chiocciola - in dialetto veneziano bovolo - all'interno di una torre cilindrica traforata da archeggiature ascendenti. Il linguaggio adottato si ispira al Rinascimento, ma si inserisce in una struttura che nella forma ricorda i modelli delle torri scalari bizantine, mentre nello spirito è ancora gotica per l'indifferenza verso la modularità e la simmetria classiche e per il ricordo delle facciate colonnari aperte dei palazzi di fine Quattrocento. La salita della Scala si conclude con un belvedere a cupola dal quale si può ammirare uno splendido ed inconsueto panorama: i tetti, i campanili, le cupole di San Marco, con una visuale sull'intera città.
J. S. BACH COURANTE 2 SUITE Luca Paccagnella cello Villa BADOER (Palladio) Fratta Polesine
J.S. BACH COURANTE 2 SUITE in re minore BWV 1008
Luca Paccagnella violoncello
Villa BADOER (Palladio) Fratta Polesine - live recording
september 2016
Si ringrazia la Provincia di Rovigo per il Patrocinio al Progetto THE SOUND of STONE - Sound Architecture - Un Po di BACH
Villa Badoer, also called La Badoera, built in Fratta Polesine between 1555 and 1557 is one of the most prestigious Venetian Villas. The project and the realization were committed to Francesco Badoer, heir of a noble Venetian family, and Andrea Palladio, one of the major italian architects of the XVI century (Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, called Andrea Palladio, Paduaa 1508- Maser - Treviso 1580). The Badoera is made up by a central body, residence of the noble owners, connected with the two colonnades, that close in a half circle the garden in front of it. The façade, completed by an elegant fronton, is embellished by a monumental pronao accessible from wide stairs. The inside is prestigious, divided in a central hall and the adjacent openings, embellished with frescos realised by Pierfrancesco Giallo Fiorentino at the end of the XVI century. The frescos reprenest mythological (some of them strictly connected to the territory) and grotesque scenes. During the XVIII century the two colonnades were extended in order to form a semi cycle, the inside wad renovated and the family crest was put in the fronton. In 1996 it was declared UNESCO Human Heritage site. Context excellences: Villa Molin-Avezzù, Casa Museo Matteotti, Villa and Parco Labia, Villa Dolfin Casa Divina Provvidenza, Palazzo Dolfin Boniotti now Manegium, Palazzo Campanari Ville della Carboneria: Palazzetto dei Villa - Cornoldi now Fanan, Palazzo Lippomanno Monti - now Viaro, Villa Davì now Guzzon - Zanobbi, Villa Oroboni The Villa, UNESCO Human Heritage site, is a living place, centre of several cultural activities, awesome place for exhibitions, conventions, events and shows. Also, the colonnade on the north side hosts Fratta Polesine’s National Archeological Museum, that preserves importan evidences from the villa, and also handmade and commercial activities of the community of Frattesina, that use to live along the Po (XII-X secolo a.C.).
William Barcham: Tiepolo's Milanese Frescoes
Tiepolo's Milanese Frescoes
by William Barcham,
Professor Emeritus, Fashion Institute of Technology
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Born in 1696, Giambattista Tiepolo was arguably, by the mid-eighteenth century, Europe’s greatest artist. His proving ground as a painter of international renown took place, in large part, not in his native Venice, but in Milan, which was then part of the Habsburg Empire. This lecture looks at three grand fresco cycles executed by Tiepolo between 1730–40 for noble Milanese families serving the Austrian throne, as well as his frescoed chapel in the church of St. Ambrose, dedicated to the patron saint of Milan.
Timeline of the Republic of Venice
This article presents a detailed timeline of the history of the Republic of Venice from its legendary foundation to its collapse under the efforts of Napoleon.
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