The Mint of Venice: a prestigious history that is more than a thousand years old Venice was home to one of most productive monetary factories in Europe. Of vital importance for the Republic, it was located, probably from the 12th century,

Pagan deities in the heart of Venice The storytelling in mythological images, in monumental decorative cycles with a complex narrative structure, made its debut in Venetian art during the fourth decade of the 16th century, lagging behind Rome and other Italian

An elephant for Venice Did you know that an elephant, complete with tusks and trunk, makes a fine show of itself in St. Mark Square? It has been there since August 15th, 1505, when the bronze banner holders, artwork by Alessandro

About re-uses and ancient inscriptions «The marble columns of the belfry are mixed everywhere, falling, together with the cornices, the attic sculptures, and the heavy roof of the spire. The boulders stood at the corner of the Basilica, and the column,

On Sunday, July  3rd the initiative of the Ministry of Culture is back: “Sunday in museum” with FREE ENTRY in all National Museums. The Archaeological Museum is involved in the initiative BUT…free entry is not exceptional. On the occasion of the

A courtyard of antiquities   For just over a month, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa has been looking thoughtfully at a large marble iPhone. It happens in the courtyard of the National Archaeological Museum of Venice, where Marc Quinn Stele marks the beginning of the HISTORYNOW

“The art of shipbuilding is back home” is the slogan of the next boat show that occurs from May 28th to June 5th 2022 in the area of the Arsenale (dockyard) in Venice L’arzanà de’ Viniziani (the Venetian dockyard as mentioned