Tuesday 30 January 2007

Urban Presence: the Gesuiti in Venice







The relatively desdolate quarter of the Fondamente Nove in Venice contains a neglegted baroque gem in the form of the church of the Gesuiti. Situated at one end of the campo that bears its name its clusters of immense columns announce a vast internal space, and a high altar adorned with a grove of twisted salomonic columns.

No comments:

Related Posts with Thumbnails