Scuole Grandi of Venice Scuole Grandi of Venice. These “Great Schools” (singular: Scuola Grande), were confraternity or sodality institutions and were founded as early as the 13th century, as charitable and religious organisations for the laity. Underneath the Great...
The Scuola degli Schiavoni The Scuola degli Schiavoni. The Scuola Dalmata dedicated to St George, was established in 15th century Venice, by the Dalmatian Slavs, or “Schiavoni,” who lived in Venice. This “minor” Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni located in the...
The History of Venice The History of Venice. When the Lombard’s invade Italy in 568, one of the first cities in their path is Aquileia – a Christian town of long-standing importance, traditionally held to have been founded by St Mark. Many of its inhabitants,...
The Lion of St Mark The Lion of St Mark. Representing Mark the Evangelist, in the form of a winged lion holding a Bible; it is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic. It is also found in the symbol of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of...
Mythical Beasts and Symbolism. Mythical Beasts and Symbolism. The Gryphon and Hippogryph, are two mythical animal-bird hybrid creatures, that in the history and culture of Venice have assumed great symbolic meaning to the State, Church and Alchemic Science. The...
