Tales from Italy, Alps, British Isles and FranceFri, 24 May 2024 09:39:25 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com//wp-content/uploads/2019/12/image-2.jpg?w=323232 /2023/08/01/venice-april-2024//2023/08/01/venice-april-2024/#commentsTue, 01 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000/?p=30689/2023/08/01/venice-april-2024/feed/1img_2837palladio1234Venice - hidden panoramasCarciofo Violetto di Sant'Erasmo, for sale in the market at Rialto, VeneziaFrom Venice, Dorsoduro looking towards GiudeccaVenice - exceptional view from San Giorgio Maggiore www.greyhoundtrainers.com/2019/07/11/palazzo-grimani-venice//2019/07/11/palazzo-grimani-venice/#commentsThu, 11 Jul 2019 06:00:54 +0000/?p=17578/2019/07/11/palazzo-grimani-venice/feed/7Palazzo Grimani - fabulous reconstruction of 1590s sculpture gallery, within the palace, in the original rotunda designed to display Giovanni Grimani's treasures.palladio1234Palazzo Grimani - entrance from Campo Santa Maria Formosa, VeneziaPalazzo Grimani - fabulous reconstruction of 1590s sculpture gallery. The sculpture of Ganymede being kidnapped by Zeus (the eagle) is suspended from the ceiling of the rotunda designed to display Giovanni Grimani's treasures.Palazzo Grimani - fabulous reconstruction of 1590s sculpture gallery, within the palace, in the original rotunda designed to display Giovanni Grimani's treasures. Attention to detail in the 'Domus Grimani' sculpture gallery is completely inspired. Just wonderful! www.greyhoundtrainers.comMagnificent sculpture of Athena, Greek God of War, adjacent to the Palazzo Grimani sculpture gallery - 1st century AD (almost certainly Roman)A Classical Palace was incomplete without a Laocoon Sculpture. This sculptural grouping was indicative of power, honour, good triumphing over evil. This is a plaster cast c. 16th century.Palazzo Grimani - sculpture gallery c. 2015Palazzo Grimani - Sculpture Gallery 2019 'Domus Grimani'gjoined_video_432e196f9bbd41478faf2b656c19425c