Porta della Carta, ceremonial entrance to the Ducal Palace
The conservation of the richly detailed Porta della Carta was an early project of Venice in Peril, undertaken from 1976-1979
The conservation of the richly detailed Porta della Carta was an early project of Venice in Peril, undertaken from 1976-1979
Fourteen oil paintings showing Venetian festivals and ceremonies by Gabriele Bella, (1730-99), from the collection left to the city by Giovanni Querini in 1869.
The Loggetta in Piazza San Marco, built by Jacopo Sansovino in 1537, was crushed when the Campanile collapsed in 1902. It was rebuilt and later Venice in Peril Fund undertook conservation in 1972-1974.