On Tuesday, we visited the San Rocco church. Marina brought us there and lectured outside before we went in. I learned about the Squale Grade which was for the wealthiest merchants in Venice. You had to prove your family had been in Venice for Centuries to get in. We learned about when Constantine elected Christ as God and the Doge, who was the Duke, or the head of the government in Venice. He represented San Marc. San Rocco is seen at the Top of the Squale with his leg showing his wounds. Inside the Church, there are paintings all over the place. These were by Tintoretto and are found in the Sala Dell'Albergo. The Paintings were beautiful and I could not take my eyes off them. They gave you mirrors so you could walk around looking at the celling. The artwork of Tintoretto was amazing. Luckily after a lifetime of Sunday school, I was able to tell what some of the scenes from the bible were. My favorite one was a huge celling picture of Jona being spit back up by a whale.
After San Rocco we headed over to Ca'd'oro. There we went into this tiny museum with Marina. I wasn't extremly impressed with anything in there because I am more of a modern art fan, the museum is an ancient patrician palace, which houses precious art given to Baron Giorgio Franchetti, who donated it to the Italians in 1894. The museum was very small and we went through it quickly.
After, we went to Murano, the glass capital of Italy. I loved everything about Murano. Right when we got there we saw a glass blowing. It's an amzing artwork. We saw them burn, blow and shape the glass right in front of us. We also got to shop around a lot , but everything was very expensive. I got a couple gifts for my family but that was about it. Murano is a beautiful little part of Venice, I loved it.
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