ITALY III

ITALY III
SEPT 28 - OCT 6, 2007

Arrive Sept 28- Piazza San Marco, Venice

(borrowed image above)
Venice Water Tour

Along Grand Canal- home with garden Along Grand Canal - Napoleon's Palace

Sept 29- Courtyard of Palazzo Ducale (Doges' Palace)

Gold Staircase (borrowed image) Palace Room (borrowed image)

Secrets Mailbox Grand Staircase

Florian Cafe

Walk About Town

Sept 30 - Visit Murano Glass in the morning

Lunch at Danelli Hotel

Walking Tour in afternoon

Mosaic over door of Basilica
Body of St Mark being recovered from Alexandria

Archway between Basilica and Palace Torre dell' Orologio 15th C Moors strike hour

(a joining/sharing of church and state)

San Zanipolo - Mercenary Region (San Palo) Scuola Grande di San Marco (Housed Guildes)

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Oct 1 - Visit Ravenna on route to Verona

"Ravenna was the seat of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century. It has a unique collection of early Christian mosaics and monuments. All eight buildings – the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Neonian Baptistery, the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, the Arian Baptistery, the Archiepiscopal Chapel, the Mausoleum of Theodoric, the Church of San Vitale and the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe – were constructed in the 5th and 6th centuries. They show great artistic skill, including a wonderful blend of Graeco-Roman tradition, Christian iconography and oriental and Western styles." per UNESCO.

Basilica di San Vitale

"The Basilica di San Vitale dates from the mid-6th century and contains what are probably the finest Byzantine mosaics in the western world."

Mausoleo di Galla Placidia

The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia where UNESCO experts describe it as "the earliest and best preserved of all mosaic monuments, and at the same time one of the most artistically perfect".