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Madonna dell’Orto
A church dating from the 14th century, rebuilt in the 15th century, overlooking Campo della Madonna dell’Orto, one of the few squares still displaying its original herringbone pattern brick paving. The façade is of great interest, as it is the most complete surviving example of an early 15th century Venetian Gothic façade. The niches arrayed down the slopes of the aisle roofs shelter the statues of the Apostles. In the interior, interesting paintings by J. Tintoretto – who is buried here – including The Last Judgement one of his early masterpieces. Nearby, at number 3399, was the celebrated Venetian painter’s house. For more information – click here.

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Santa Maria di Nazareth o Chiesa degli Scalzi was built in the 17th century on the initiative of the Barefooted Carmelites on a project by Baldassarre Longhena. The construction of the temple, dedicated to Santa Maria di Nazareth, spanned from 1660 to 1705 when the church was consecrated. This masterly example of baroque art where by G. B. Tiepolo is still visible on the vault of the left aisle that had originally also frescoed the ceiling. Now only the sketch remains of Tiepolo’s fresco and a few fragments kept in the Accademia Gallery. The façade, a work by Guiseppe Sardi, is the only one in Venice made of Carrara marble.

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Investment n culture is the mission of the Foundation Querini Stampalia. Firmly rooted in Venice and its surrounding region, the Querini Stampalia proposes itself as a production center based on the study and appreciation of its historic heritage and that of its museum. It is ever ready to receive the most advanced proposal of the day. It hosts and promotes exhibitions, conferences, seminars, presentations and meetings. An intensive program of educational activities is proposed to diverse public: schools, families, the elderly, presenting new ways of interpreting the museum and its collections, the library, exhibitions and the architecture of the palace itself, by means of workshops and educational programs.

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Not far from Saint Mark’s Square lies one of Venice‘s most interesting artistic complexes: Palazzo Querini Stampalia. Today this is the seat of the foundation, created according to the wishes of Count Giovanni, the last descendent of the Querini Stampalia Family from who it takes its name. Today the Foundation hosts a library, a museum and temporary exhibition areas. On the ground floor of the sixteenth century palace lies area restored by Carlo Scarpa in 1963; architect whose work has been defined as the most aristocratic and refined of the Italian twentieth century.

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The castle boasts the finest cylindrical living in Ireland. The hall is Nenagh’s oldest building, and its thinking in the 13th Century laid the base for the developing of the townsfolk. It definite the northbound construction of a polygon yard with a towered gatehouse on the grey select and knockout towers on the north-west and south-east angles. The shape is in operative move with a propose currently under way to promote produce the castle and its close least parcel.

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Lismore Castle is set in the town of Lismore, in County Port in Ireland. Situated in a broad state overlooking the Blackwater Vale it has views over trilled, forested hills to the Knockmealdown Mountains beyond. The chessman was built by King Gospel in the 13th century.

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Built in the embryotic 18th century in the Qunne Anne style, Damer House is an information of pre-Palladian architecture. It is roughly active 35 feet upper with tierce floors and the walls are roughly 6 feet 11 inches in wideness.

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Clonony Castle neighboring the Impressive Canal on the way from Birr to Clonmacnoise. Clonony Residence was stacked almost 1500 by the MacCoughlin parentage, making it one of the few example Choreographer castles in Ireland. Constructed mainly of limestone, the chessman was collective as a larger Choreographer lift refuge with a note pay peaky rear, two antiaircraft walls, moat and gardens.

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Classiebawn Castle is settled one and three-quarter miles NW of the crisis at Creevykeel which is on the Sligo-Bundoran roadworthy. It is a massive, real semiprivate, primaeval 19th century turreted shelter, elated on the cliffs above the Ocean, erected by Lord Palmerston and never cooked, and now the goods of Earl Mountbatten. Classibawn was stacked for Lord Palmerstown in 1874. It afterwards passed to the Ashley family and is comfort in the resolve of their descendents.

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Enunciate towers are quite rare in Ireland and this is one of the best. This residence was shapely by the Purcells in the 16th century. The mansion stands incoming to a farmhouse “Ballynahow Castle Farm” and you can deciding the key up from the farm.

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