Camp San Giovanni e Paolo A walk to the east from the Fondamente Nove, brings visitors the Ospedale (Hospital) of Venice and the Cathedral of San Giovanni e Paolo. This is the spectacular pantheon of Venice. Twenty-five Doges, the political leaders of Venice, are buried and memorialized here. Directly next to the Church [...]
An Evening at San Vidal It seems a simple thing, to draw a bow cross the strings of a cello. Yet, in Venice's church of San Vidal the long low note reverberates, a deep tone that shakes the very foundation of the church, causes goosebumps and, often, tears. A concert by Interpreti Veneziani [...]
Arriving on the island of Torcello, after the crowds and noise of Venice, is a wonder. The small water bus from the island of Burano, leaves visitors at a recently restored dock. As you walk along the one navigable canal on the island, you begin to feel the years fade to the time of Venice's [...]
I've just returned from Christmas Eve services at San Giorgio Maggiore, Palladio’s magnificent church on its island across from Piazza San Marco. A faded green and yellow vaporetto awaited our boarding. We departed into mist-veiled midnight. Between points of solid land, in space marked by few reference points, we glided across the ebony fog-shrouded, mirror [...]
