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| Santa Maria della Salute |
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| Santa Maria della Salute |
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| inside Santa Maria della Salute |
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| dome of Santa Maria della Salute |
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| Santa Maria della Salute |
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| Santa Maria della Salute |
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| at entrance of Grand Canal near Santa Maria della Salute |
After visiting Santa Maria della Salute, Jack declared that he was burned out of seeing Madonna and child paintings so he, Deb, and Ric decided to walk to a church which strangely enough bore the name of Deb's grandfather Sebastion and which contained paintings of Esther, her grandmother's name. I decided that I really should go to the Academie to see what was on exhibit there, so we parted and agreed to meet after a couple of hours. The Academie contained many magnificent paintings (not all of which were Madonna and child either). Many of them depicted scenes of important historical events of the time they were painted. On the way back to the Academie, I took these pictures:
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| CPO San Stefano (the square our B&B is on) |
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| Campo di San Giorgio |
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| Trash boat |
After meeting, we roamed the streets some more, but by now, we all felt that we had pretty much hit all the major sites except the Basilica on San Marco square. That's where we headed. Of particular interest in the Basilica are mosaics depicting scenes from the Bible. We also went upstairs to visit the museum and get a good view of San Marco Square from above. On display were the four horses that decorate the Basilica. These horses have been removed to inside the museum but were replaced by four replicas where they were originally placed.
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| Inside San Marco Basilica |
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