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Bell Tower of San Giorgio dei Greci
This intaglio print depicts the bell tower of San Giorgio dei Greci in Venice.
The church was the center of the Scuola dei Grei, the Greek Brotherhood in Venice. The bell tower was built in 1592.
Fondamenta Ca’ Balà
A 16th-century house with a large hall on the first floor that served both as a living room and a passageway onto which the other rooms open. The windows along the edges of the walls are balanced by the vertical line of the chimney. The house was once frescoed, and some traces are still visible today.
“Fondamenta” means “foundation” in Italian, and describes the pedestrian embankment along a canal. It was (and still is today) a very busy area for loading and unloading boats, much like a dock.
This Fondamenta is very close to the Church of Santa Maria della Salute, one of the most famous churches in Venice.
Palazzetto Dandolo
Palazzetto Dandolo on Fondamenta Dandolo (Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo)
A small, well-preserved 17th-century palace, both in terms of its façade and interior. The two chimneys are part of the symmetrical perspective typical of minor Venetian architecture. This building appears in Bernardo Bellotto’s painting The Rio dei Mendicanti.
Piscina Venier Palace
Palace in Piscina Venier (Sant’Agnese), in the Dorsoduro district, Venice
A small 15th-century palace, typical of Venetian architecture of the period: the spacing between the windows is irregular, and the ground-floor windows are independent from those on the upper floors; the entrance and the ground-floor windows are arranged around a large and elegant chimney.
Salizada San Lio Palace
A small 13th-century palace located on Salizada San Lio.
Salizada means “paved,” and these streets were among the most important in Venice — so when only a few Venetian streets were paved with bricks, these were the first to be paved with the more expensive stone paving that can now be seen almost everywhere.
Venetian wellhead
The Venetian well is an architectural structure that was used in the city of Venice in past centuries for the supply of drinking water.
Today, the more than 600 surviving Venetian wells constitute an ornamental yet essential element of Venetian urban design, contributing fundamentally to its uniqueness and character.
The term “vera da pozzo” has been in use since the 11th century. Being located at the center of many Venetian squares, they were often places of socialization and interaction among Venetians. The typical well is adorned with inscriptions and sculptures of saints or family coats of arms.