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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/917ad131-3b93-41e3-9ecd-77c4ead42967/San_Moise%CC%80_%28Venice%29_Interno_-_General_view.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - “Manifestations of insolent atheism”: San Moisè and Santa Maria del Giglio - Make it stand out Interior of San Moisè (source: Wikipedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/adfac506-e7dd-45c4-8ccb-bacd2b89876c/1600px-Enrico_Merengo_Altare_di_San_Moise.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - “Manifestations of insolent atheism”: San Moisè and Santa Maria del Giglio - Make it stand out Altarpiece, San Moisè. Moses at Mount Sinai receiving the Tablets, sculpture by Heinrich Mayring, painting by Michelangelo Morlaiter (source: Wikipedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/d41b11bd-2227-4267-b63b-05c8fccc9dab/C2DC48C9-C359-40E5-8529-EB05FCC76041.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - “Manifestations of insolent atheism”: San Moisè and Santa Maria del Giglio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/8334c243-e13e-488f-a139-664f31e58775/7748C983-5B68-4783-BBA9-A5742475D8C0.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - “Manifestations of insolent atheism”: San Moisè and Santa Maria del Giglio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/81a07de0-1523-43d3-be99-238d52eab73e/A1F67183-87A2-42F2-B515-97028DCCAACA.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - “Manifestations of insolent atheism”: San Moisè and Santa Maria del Giglio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/c1537758-8dd4-4d66-971c-12a9de90ef81/E43BA027-E30A-4BC2-8771-5CA29A8CAF08.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - “Manifestations of insolent atheism”: San Moisè and Santa Maria del Giglio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/the-destroyed-church-of-san-geminiano monthly 0.5 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/993594b0-2f3b-41c8-b220-a67e24d0ff14/San+geminiano+canaletto.png The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out Canaletto. Piazza San Marco, Looking toward San Geminiano. c 1735. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/c9351135-cfb2-450d-aadf-f0c3e4807de1/IMG_8595.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out Piaza San Marco, 15 March 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/7407772b-9264-40b5-b8c6-475af146ca6e/canaletto+detail.png The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out Detail from Canaletto. Piazza San Marco, Looking toward San Geminiano. c 1735. Source: The Churches of Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/cb920a3e-7910-426f-90e1-c65d27cf3325/Quadri-Moretti%2C_Piazza_San_Marco_%281831%29%2C_08.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out View of the former church San Geminiano (or San Giminiano) at the west side of the Piazza San Marco (St Mark’s Square) which was destroyed in 1807 in order to build the Ala Napoleonica. Plate VIII, entitled Lato di San Giminiano qual’ era nel passato Secolo, from La Piazza di San Marco in Venezia, descritta da Antonio Quadri e rappresentata in XVI. tavole rilevate ed incise da Dionisio Moretti Source: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/2fa7161c-de11-44aa-9ca4-b62037f3795f/Quadri-Moretti%2C_Piazza_San_Marco_%281831%29%2C_07.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out View of the Ala Napoleonica (1810) at the west side of the Piazza San Marco. Plate VII, entitled Nuova Fabbrica del Palazzo Reale, from La Piazza di San Marco in Venezia, descritta da Antonio Quadri e rappresentata in XVI. tavole rilevate ed incise da Dionisio Moretti Source: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/96de3a4a-1ac0-4211-a106-8533b593d8fe/dca-procuratie-drawings-historical-elevation-of-piazza-san-marco+%281%29.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out Historical elevations by David Chipperfield Architects. Source ArchDaily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/989ed1d2-dd6c-4f4d-a93c-db890201378c/1972.118.257.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out The Piazza San Marco towards San Geminiano, attributed to Giacomo Guardi (1764–1835), Source: The Met, New York (Giacomo Guardi was the son of Francesco Guardi, and little is known of him, but he would have been working before and after the Napoleonic conquest, and it’s not clear if this picture was painted before or after the demolition of San Geminiano.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/ea3ef907-aebd-488e-8498-ea4ba2e9df90/bellotto.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out Piazza San Marco. c1740. Attributed to Bernardo Bellotto. Source The Cleveland Museum of Art. Belotto, incidentally, was Canaletto’s nephew, and sometimes called himself “Canaletto” as well, which can cause some confusion to those not attuned to the nuances of the two artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/ddf0387c-7b51-4892-9c77-57a1c3a864ec/bellotto+detail.png The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out Piazza San Marco (detail showing the church of San Geminiano). c1740. Attributed to Bernardo Bellotto. Source The Cleveland Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/64bd8e2c-21e3-44c7-8689-764fef5a9d28/guardi.png The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out View by Francesco Guardi of the Piazza San Marco, 1776, showing the church of San Geminiano. Note the temporary wooden pavilions constructed for the Festa of the Sensa (Ascension). Source Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/913703f0-7050-41d2-899a-4256beba6822/ala-napoleonica-chiesa-sansovino.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Geminiano in Piazza San Marco, demolished by Napoleon - Make it stand out Jacopo Sansovino here built in 1557 the new church of San Geminiano demolished in 1807 Source: byronico.com https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/san-giovanni-in-bragora monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/448b977b-5713-4db5-9426-6c916c439ffd/23668E0E-2CCA-4A0B-AD3D-ABCBA2015052.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out San Giovanni in Bragora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/b5c08009-57be-4e9a-b1be-bbb1a89c4d32/A83C7288-B687-4FF6-8B06-8FCF9B14460D.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out The nave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/48df3a72-1ce1-4b7d-8610-8623d0a090cd/5240865B-1936-4666-A472-2822DBB2BB8A.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Nave and south aisle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/6b2145cf-28af-465d-871c-2d732d6e22ae/010D0BDA-01A0-4EC4-AC39-97F1F2FE28F8.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Cima da Conegliano (1459 - 1518). Baptism of Christ on the high altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/97b9fdfe-4a17-4c39-8eed-5205001ab591/A93C4518-9F2F-4221-9BA4-136304B087DB_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out The roof, said to resemble a ship’s hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/58f953dd-c555-42ca-9718-a171e9c4a1bc/87C7CEA4-664D-4A82-8F5D-0CAE643622AB.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out The chapel of St John Elemosinario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/c57f4038-00d4-40b6-9fe7-586ae8831574/112B6D92-D53D-401E-B33C-CE07A2D5D9D4.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Side wall of the chapel of St John Elemosinario. In the lunette, The Transfer of the Body of Saint John Elemosinario by Jacopo Marieschi. Below it, the urn containing the saint’s body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/5fd03ecb-3a20-4eae-b152-d75837ab4a5d/4FF6747F-9B6F-4F9A-ABE5-24F567CC45AF.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Alvise Vivarini. Christ Blessing (1494). Note the difference between His right and left eyes, and the effect this produces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/338c5dc5-ef21-4255-b120-43160f3f0665/783B4AC3-25F1-49F9-83E4-56556A871F0D_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Alvise Vivarini. Madonna and Child (c 1485 -1490). Previously attributed to Giovanni Bellini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/f69b34dc-d041-4bda-964b-438d4c10fd93/790EE156-3B8E-4A52-969B-E301858025A2.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Alvise Vivarini. The Risen Christ (1497 - 1498) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/259ff2ee-c538-4468-bd50-13073cdfc23a/592E516D-96E3-463A-84E3-9821EF249E87.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Cima da Conegliano. St Helena and Constantine at the Sides of the Cross (1504) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/80892a9e-0f1c-4a06-9fcf-2e779949743a/8EF9F03E-5D33-48CC-BA2F-D7F5D3744670.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/0f07e3ce-7a59-4aa2-b581-9b21abb7b460/38380F50-8DE4-4C4E-80BB-10315ADDFC08_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out As explained in the caption below his baptismal document, Vivaldi was baptised at home just after being born as it was feared that he would not survive. Later he was brought to the church where special rites were performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/b04ba01b-1213-4b49-880f-9f792972a8da/79EAD72F-9BAA-4971-AB65-A63A7A36FE7A_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Giovanni in Bragora - Make it stand out Reference: San GIovanni in Bragora. The Church of Antonio Vivaldi. By Virgiolo Boccardi. Supernova Edizioni (2013). It was on sale in the church for 10€, and can also be purchased online in various languages https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/campo-bandiera-e-moro-o-della-bragora monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/d89d69f3-aa38-472e-b1e4-c2e2c251ba24/79F2B46D-C807-4618-A1D9-1BA743809A01_1_102_a.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora, with the church of San Giovanni in Bragora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/876ac40e-453c-4901-92cc-e19944f6fcf1/98225B57-5442-4668-AF2D-31FEA405D6F2_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/d9e3cfc2-8c30-45f0-a3ce-825c794f80bd/D339039E-907A-4A3B-B957-1298AB24336A_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/721ebd6c-7521-4ed3-aadd-a93152022164/E36A08C2-9477-4F1C-9ADE-B5074143D27F_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out The north side of the campo, with the Palazzo Gritti Morosini Badoer, now la Residenza, to the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/0146ddad-2345-4f11-a29a-becafc398b58/3B72AB45-F68E-4526-8341-A0CB99EC04EF_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Palazzo Gritti Morosini Badoer, Hotel la Residenza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/eb4602ea-9489-4767-9c39-c8efb977692c/0B777494-08C9-4E77-B4C0-1007A8D182F6_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out First floor piano nobile of la Residenza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/f6192a83-7e1a-46d2-8405-69b8509636d0/2FBE479F-CF35-44C8-863E-A75DC5548A03_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/927033ae-7c89-4bda-9828-9371b9717d2e/F6ECB1EF-3109-4905-A14C-2A1D52F653AC_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/c07d7544-f6bd-413e-88f2-4ff310d8e7a1/87711410-AA6E-4FC0-96E5-EAF6ED825FA1_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/2ae94587-f2a5-4e8b-a7d0-d0bb44ba00fa/7712DC04-AA06-4D46-97ED-6E9803DFAD17_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out Note the opening times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/d6409887-e7e0-4e8b-a5d1-cb9b722e9969/EC24228B-BDEA-407F-91AC-0E95EC12B40C_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out We did manage to come by a couple of days later when they were open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/ccfa7a70-37fe-42b6-a754-8ce47afd7017/6BF26091-D562-4B79-A5C8-FE5C98E1B997.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora - Make it stand out The coffee was excellent. https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/san-francesco-della-vigna monthly 0.5 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/e6636813-0989-46cd-9457-5a7cf75b5663/10168B89-D55F-4C1B-9070-E16F618D033C_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Facade of San Francesco della Vigna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/82ed23c4-0e25-45a5-a407-3dc2d32bd597/EC1F62BF-9365-49FF-98B3-095F218DA125.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Another view of the facade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/b7dc6035-eaf3-468e-9927-2224fae06317/E0CE0111-73B9-4F4B-8EFE-12AEB8C11644_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out The campanile, modelled on the one in the Piazza San Marco, is one of the tallest in Venice. In the past I’ve certainly mistaken it for the one in the Piazza when seen from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/2d09810e-1698-4880-85aa-2f1bb1924a15/0691CF12-41CA-4914-BB2A-A3437FCBB61C_1_102_a.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out View of the nave, looking towards the high altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/7f874073-e456-4c28-9791-997f24c65113/A28247D2-DF9E-47F8-8D77-2780D17CA88E_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/751daf08-9524-44e4-9c01-348e72ddaa0c/EB4E0082-919C-4DA5-B1EB-C5443D63BE53_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/2a2ee484-3532-4bf9-b121-9b3a205318cd/50BA2A50-403C-4E40-A86B-2855F34AADF9_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/36c30c13-1094-4cc0-b08d-764aa9e3858a/77828C88-AB8C-42C5-8F8B-9A2E450ABFD3.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out The Badoer Giustinian chapel, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/44f3ce86-c022-4e44-a991-3643271d79c7/953419BB-52E1-48CC-B620-8F6652EC2D3D_1_102_a.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out The Badoer Giustinian chapel, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/5932df9d-9111-4bdd-a59a-0ab5053abf8f/F7C54510-AECB-412B-A2CE-F5CA9E46E8A0.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out The Badoer Giustinian chapel, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/3b9969b2-bd92-412b-b02a-8375fae5a254/1769DA07-D3B6-4153-ABAA-2857B3406EF1_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out The Badoer Giustinian chapel, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/2b2e652e-bea0-4273-badf-16304d32a29a/0809B82C-4F26-45F0-B1E9-CA85B6E71E98_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out The “Talking Christ” crucifix, now in the The Badoer Giustinian chapel, is so called because it once had a movable tongue, now lost, which could be manipulated by a cord, and a cavity from which smoke could be puffed, to simulate christ talking. For more details see the website of Save Venice , who also funded its restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/50118f4e-6532-4431-8815-b14744c4f7c2/FBB3B97A-4F75-460A-AEA5-4693506589F7_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/52b1d340-2faa-473b-a56a-6354313ff64f/80EAFA09-CEC1-4CD0-BBE6-61A7BE78278C_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/8cb7928c-3391-47c6-be64-3b7514ab71ef/262B2DF5-B9B3-4114-9B3A-0478926C3C36_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/953f4d55-4eb6-4374-86d3-308c4e2aaf42/CC8FB186-3D56-42EA-B692-4F6496F14A76_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/02c5ec83-f144-48cf-853a-768a08ccc9f7/1B3ECD2B-9374-4149-9A60-00672CDAEC6D_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/9b5c4636-6463-411b-ba57-6b6674b72c7c/5FA04876-9E7C-47A6-AA25-3768A65267B5.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Virgin and Child with Four Saints and a Donor, Giovanni Bellini (1507) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/3ebdec9a-7362-47a1-a8ec-5c2dcfab0e4f/03331B49-62D4-4D82-A9A9-9257EFA31FC0_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/2f175faf-4d0d-47f4-a7d9-9c5c65e3e50c/73F0300D-21AC-4554-B723-53CE2F6DD2C4_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/7d8013ba-bf99-4725-9555-ecfea7e4cadf/vendemmia_0-2048x1536.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Francesco della Vigna - Make it stand out Image from https://www.sgaialand.it/i-vigneti-san-francesco-della-vigna-a-venezia-tesoro-secolare/ https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/san-zaccaria monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/c934dcbe-fff7-407a-9e31-7534b842d4a6/36A95E9F-19F8-4AAC-A75F-CDE5E1F765D6_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out San Zaccaria, on the evening of 2 March 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/2fccdc15-4170-48fa-b0f0-925c466404ba/D4BD61AD-56CA-4526-A385-CEAD57EA136A.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/7504ec0b-071b-4018-939f-1cd0f8714a03/B38A30BD-032B-42B1-A796-ADDACCB3E427_1_102_o.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out San Michele in Isola. Mauro Codussi , completed 1469 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/6ea1f5f3-0868-4a25-be6a-23e0abf04e47/A70BBFBF-AA7F-4034-B480-78D66E10A52E_1_201_a.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out Former Scuola Grande di San Marco, now the Ospedale Civile. Completed by Codussi around 1495 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/39ce10d1-83fa-492a-afd6-055ac086b2f0/IMG_4685.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/6ee11b2e-5b5e-49fb-9f96-e9e6da36aace/IMG_4685-3.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/5b0bf3de-a440-4640-9615-0f531c2a70d1/IMG_4683.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/aea86f3d-00af-43a6-99cd-b4a959a99aaf/36C10846-1001-4041-A566-B91C96D638A8_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Zaccaria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/san-pietro-di-castello monthly 0.5 2023-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/420c5f0b-72c2-4e88-955d-4fd9ddd61445/13215283088.jpg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out Nuova Pianta Iconografica dell'Inclita Città di Venezia. Teodoro Viero. Published 1898. Source: Abe Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/42992eee-98e3-4eb4-9da6-150fa109e7bd/IMG_7268.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out The approach to San Pietro, with the leaning campanile and the dome of San Pietro visible from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/dedac378-42a7-4732-bd50-f263ed6f750d/6135CA0F-9AE8-48D6-A9C0-9A7A10A4A414_1_102_o.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out To get to the church, you go over this bridge. It’s also a nice spot to have a look at the different types of boats tied up along the bank of the canal. We saw, among other things, a hearse boat, and a gondola at a nearby boatyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/f6c9b193-4519-4cce-9f66-92f02709173b/7D84C989-DB44-4873-BFC8-59172CB4D0B0.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out Façade of San Pietro in Castello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/05afab04-3091-40df-9651-0e4d4aae56be/9BC5005C-6D64-45F0-9FA9-46CC536667F9.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out A rather pagan-looking face over the main entrance of this Christian church. Perhaps Ruskin did have a point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/f0a52947-63bd-4efd-9d23-82259454f2a2/6B0135BF-883F-43DB-81BC-C2D6D02617E8_1_102_a.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out The interior, looking down the nave towards the high altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/8d85837b-3a0b-4f04-997b-717e19eb601a/IMG_7300.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out The so-called “St Peter’s Throne” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/1b64a25b-5085-429a-9ddd-f0363b42f9fe/66943612-07F3-4846-9DA4-305BE0F5B6B9_1_201_a.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out The Italian translation of the Koranic inscription https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/19d1d5d1-2aa7-4ad9-bea6-f0428b916a19/DD537B51-E148-4658-9313-95FBEF12967A_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/fc186681-2d13-4e9a-8dea-1a784c46bfc0/1F991D60-AB01-4546-A2FE-E987C8DC1EC1.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out Another view of the leaning campanile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/a4969e2f-318e-48cb-9a26-f3f5c7165aa3/0BC82C92-E8C7-498C-8BC3-671EA54F0F76.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out The top of the campanile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/eaace386-02c1-4e9f-afe4-3026d7fe35f9/A30D63FC-9B21-4BA6-A6CC-F5A51635037D_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/b021f95c-61f6-41c2-bd74-a329e7ab5c67/537E5FB5-F847-4B5C-9634-4F164A272849_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - San Pietro di Castello - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/a-very-brief-and-grossly-over-simplified-history-of-venice monthly 0.5 2023-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/0173d4ec-89a6-4ad8-9238-d5febfbed085/ECD5527F-9D1A-4BBE-9D4A-B7140189BD93_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - A very brief and grossly over-simplified history of Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/blog/a-month-in-venice monthly 0.5 2023-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/0d4fa7c6-57a1-45c0-b953-8b55040e83e9/4087C961-12D9-48EF-A6E2-CA8B3CA1B99D_1_105_c.jpeg The Peregrinating Penguin - A Month in Venice - Make it stand out Via Garibaldi, Venice, close to the apartment we rented. https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/36186645-62b9-4823-9360-e19ba8c5be93/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-24+at+11.02.17.jpeg https://www.peregrinatingpenguin.com/gallery daily 0.75 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/c7fa3a5e-0a00-4f6b-b54e-5af648384083/000167380005.jpg Gallery Bank Junction, City of London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/b592c203-8c1c-4a76-905e-c2fb255f5d6a/000167380007.jpg Gallery St Mary Woolnoth, City of London. Nicholas Hawksmoor, 1727. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/c5f73ea5-10c8-4c8f-b592-f64f16f4a6be/7EA90A12-CE3B-4F65-B50E-2037147B2B28_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery Spritz with Select, at Todaro, on the Piazetta in Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/a38f36de-3a73-47a2-a99e-d936114e4649/8D31FB45-8032-4B06-A213-E5A1040F9EF2_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery Fruit and vegetable store in Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/a5fc99ae-51b7-4185-a20e-3f09679b5302/B38A30BD-032B-42B1-A796-ADDACCB3E427_1_102_o.jpeg Gallery San Michele in Isola, Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/8bb66f09-b5a3-4432-a3b0-fe115e7fb7d8/A70BBFBF-AA7F-4034-B480-78D66E10A52E_1_201_a.jpeg Gallery Ospedale Civile, Venice (former Scuola di San Marco), Campo San Giovanni e Paolo. Pietro Lombardo, Mauro Codussi, and Bartolomeo Bon c 1488-1495. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/cf68b40b-be12-4d4d-851d-a070b97c3c79/000009960004.jpg Gallery 33 - 35 Eastcheap, City of London. R L Roumieu, 1868. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/123783b2-9e10-4bd3-9b34-32d7fa09963b/000167380010.jpg Gallery Lloyd's Building. Richard Rogers and Partners, 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/5e3ba838-1425-4729-97d8-300e0c2882b9/000009960001.jpg Gallery View of the Monument to the Great Fire of London. Robert Hooke and Christopher Wren, 1667. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/1753184126020-W51ET35UFFNMC711W8J0/IMG_1843.jpg Gallery Former Wood Street Police Station, City of London. McMorran and Whitby, 1966. Soon to be a luxury hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/cbaf7b63-ea90-4caf-bc50-aafd054ebb6e/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-24+at+11.07.53.jpeg Gallery At the Barbara Hepworth Museum in Cornwall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/6b331e6a-cdbb-47ed-ae34-51ad7b1202fb/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-24+at+11.12.37.jpeg Gallery At Frieze London, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/23626c26-964a-44a7-8224-ffd452b696af/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-24+at+11.15.41.jpeg Gallery Next to markers showing historic flood levels, at the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/73aef0ad-beb5-4e17-8851-d9afd4b5b9e0/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-25+at+11.54.06.jpeg Gallery St Paul's Cathedral viewed from One New Change, City of London. "Nail" by Gavin Turk in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/e69fdbdd-fd77-41a1-a251-52c5049b3820/ae9305bc-7e86-4362-86cf-8c864b6a76ed.jpeg Gallery A section of the old London Wall, with the Roman wall at its base and the medieval wall above, by the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/eefeb5d8-8956-4e5c-8467-840367c84940/IMG_2615.jpeg Gallery At the Isokon Gallery, Britain's first reinforced concrete apartment block, completed in 1934, and home to Bauhaus emigrés, Agatha Christie and Soviet spies, amongst others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64df6809262667196813b8f0/9db23979-ff21-4a88-8de4-5731e00f83a4/IMG_1541.jpg Gallery Guildhall entrance porch, George Dance the Younger, built 1788-90. 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