EditorialThe four horses of the facade of St. Mark's Basilica (these are the originals, the ones on the Basilica are copies). Gilded copper, Greek sculptures of the 3rd or 4th BCE, a booty the Venetians brought back from Constantinople in 1204. See 15-04-04 / 4...
EditorialThe Doge Francesco Morosini pursues the Turkish fleet, April 1659. The Venetians had suffered a major defeat in the naval battle of the Dardanelles in 1657, when their Commander, Lazzaro Mocenigo, died. Two years later Doge Morosini beat a Turkish flee...
EditorialVictory of the Venetians and their allies over the Turks, Bronze oval medal. Obverse: winged lion with sword and victory branch in one hand and wreath and seahorse [?] In another in a hand. Reverse: Turkish envoys kneeling before the throne of the doge...
EditorialThe four horses of the facade of St. Mark's Basilica (these are the originals, the ones on the Basilica are copies). Gilded copper, Greek sculptures of the 3rd or 4th BCE, a booty the Venetians brought back from Constantinople in 1204. See 15-04-04 / 4...
EditorialGreece. Corfu (Kerkyra). Old fortress built by the Venetians in the XVI century. It is divided into two parts: land castle and the castle of the sea. Ionian Islands.
EditorialMain hall of the Villa La Malcontenta. Frescos by Zelotti and Franco, after sketches by Palladio. From the 16th to the 19th century, aristocratic and wealthy Venetians spent the summers in the cool valley of the Brenta. See also 14-02-06 / 1-20.
EditorialFooted cup with palmettes, late 14th century, Made in Cyprus, Byzantine, Earthenware, glazed, Overall: 4 13/16 x 5 1/2 in. (12.3 x 13.9 cm), Ceramics, Glazed pottery was produced on the island of Cyprus from the early 1200s through the 1500s, a period ...
EditorialGreece. Corfu (Kerkyra). Old fortress built by the Venetians in the XVI century. It is divided into two parts: land castle and the castle of the sea. Ionian Islands.
EditorialThe Doge Francesco Morosini pursues the Turkish fleet, April 1659. The Venetians had suffered a major defeat in the naval battle of the Dardanelles in 1657, when their Commander, Lazzaro Mocenigo, died. Two years later Doge Morosini beat a Turkish flee...
EditorialThe four horses of the facade of St. Mark's Basilica (these are the originals, the ones on the Basilica are copies). Gilded copper, Greek sculptures of the 3rd or 4th BCE, a booty the Venetians brought back from Constantinople in 1204. See 15-04-04 / 45-48.
EditorialMain hall of the Villa La Malcontenta. Frescos by Zelotti and Franco, after sketches by Palladio. From the 16th to the 19th century, aristocratic and wealthy Venetians spent the summers in the cool valley of the Brenta. See also 14-02-06 / 1-20.