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PORTOBUFFOLE', MOTTA DI LIVENZA, SANCTUARY OF MIRACLES


Travelling north-east from Oderzo you reach Portobuffolè, a small fascinating centre on the borders with Friuli. Its origins go back to the Roman epoch when the Livenza River became navigable.
The castle with its seven turrets was erected in Medieval times to defend the merchants who arrived from Venice along the river, disembarking here to take the road for Germany.
You enter the town by the Trevisana, the bridge that takes its name from the Gateway destroyed in 1918. Here you can visit the thirteenth century House of Gaia Da Camino and Piazza Vittorio EmanueleII.
On the square you will find the Custom's House (sixteenth century), the Monte di Pietà (fifteenth century), the Loggia Comunale (sixteenth century) and the Cathedral (fifteenth century).
Passing through Porta Friuli alongside the Council Tower, the only *-quarantene for men and merchandise. A short distance onwards you will see the imposing Villa Giustinian (end of the seventeenth century), today the luxurious Park Hotel.
Returning towards Oderzo you will come to Mansuè where you can take directions for Gorgo al Monticano to reach Motta di Livenza and the Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Miracoli built around 1510 on the point where the Virgin Mary appeared in vision.
Inside there is a painting of the Assumption by Palma il Giovane, a bas-relief attributed to Sansovino, and a Madonna with Child possibly by Andrea Previtali.
The sanctuary is the symbol of the town that grew around it, moving from the original nucleus of the old Livenza River, where there is the central road of via IV novembre.
You can visit the Cathedral of the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries near Piazza Luzzatti. Along the suggestive Riviera Scarpa you will see Palazzo Buso of the sixteenth century, with a porticoed façade covered in frescoes.






CONEGLIANO, THE ELEGANT CITY OF CIMA


A visit to the northern-most areas of the Marca, among hillside vineyards and Prealps, begins in Conegliano. The city was erected around the foot of the tenth century fortress and it flourished in the Renaissance epoch, period of the painter G. B. Cima.
In front of the station the Scalinata degli Alpini (Alpine Stairway) welcomes us. At the top of the climb we find Piazzetta XVIII Luglio with its marble covering of the fifteenth century well.
In front of us there is Piazza Cima with its neo-classical Teatro Accademia and the historical Via XX Settembre, flanked by elegant frescoed buildings from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries.Towards the left you find the Loggia of the Scuola S. Maria dei Battuti (fourteenth century) frescoed by Pozzoserrato, which acts as a façade to the Cathedral (1354) where an altarpiece by Cima thrones the altar.
Beyond Porta Dante you will find the Fontana del Nettuno (1838).
Turning back you can continue on the other side of the road, where you will pass by Palazzo Sarcinelli (1518) and the ex Monte di Pietà, today a hotel, with its completely frescoed façade (1524).
Passing through Porta Monticano and over the Ponte della Madonna bridge, you can see the fourteenth century Casa del Re di Cipro among recently built edifices.
Walking along via XI Febbraio and crossing over Piazza IV Novembre you will reach the Chiesa di SS. Martino e Rosa.
Returning to Piazza Cima, we reach the House of Cima alongside the theatre, and on the corner, the fifteenth century Casa Sbarra.
Walking further uphill, past the cross-road with via de Amicis delimited by the walls of the ex Convent of S. Francesco, the suggestive via Madonna della Neve begins, coasting the antique Mura Carraresi walls that rise towards the Castle.
In the Bell-Tower, the only surviving one of the four original towers of defense fortress, you will find the Civic Museum.






VENICE


Venice is one of four "Repubbliche Marinare" (Maritime Republics, Amalfi, Genova, Pisa, Venezia), born to defend itself from the maritime attacks. In this way it became quickly a strong and independent State which based its economy in commercial trades.
According to a local legend, to trace the origins of Venice, we have go back over fifteen centuries, when some people coming from mainland went to Rialto, (a small island of the lagoon) in order to escape the barbaric invasions.
After the 4th crusade directed to Constantinople, Venice became the strongest republic in the eastern Mediterranean sea and it succeeded by having a supreme domain in maritime commercial trades and became one of the greatest economic powers of the Reinassance.
Today we can speak of Venice as the art capital of the world and here is a list of monuments that any traveller should visit.
Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco a Venezia), the cathedral church of Venice, is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture. It lies on Piazza San Marco adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace. Originally it was the "chapel" of the Venetian rulers, and not the city's cathedral. Since 1807 it has been the seat of the Patriarch of Venice, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice. For its opulent design, gilded Byzantine mosaics, and its status as a symbol of Venetian wealth and power, from the 11th century on the building was known by the nickname Chiesa d'Oro (Church of gold).
The Basilica of San Giovanni and Paolo is one of the largest churches of Venice. It is a gothic edifice, the vast interior contains many funerary monuments and paintings as well as the Madonna della Pace, a miraculous Byzantine statue situated in its own chapel in the south aisle.
The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, usually just called the Frari, is one the greatest churches in the city, it has the status of a minor basilica. It stands on the Campo dei Frari at the heart of the San Polo district.
The Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (Basilica of St Mary of Health/Salvation), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a famous Baroque church placed scenically at a narrow finger of land which lies between the Grand Canal and the Bacino di San Marco on the lagoon, visible as one enters the Piazza San Marco from the water. While it has the status of a minor basilica, its decorative and distinctive profile and location make it among the most photographed churches in Italy.
The Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, also known as the "marble church", was built in the early Renaissance. This churh represent one of the most important example of Venetian Renaissance. It is one of the most attractive religious buildings in Europe with its marvelous paintings.
The Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale) is a gothic building that originally was the residence of the Doge of Venice.
Scuola Grande di San Rocco, noted for its numerous Tintoretto paintings, was founded in the 15th century as a confraternity to assist the citizens in time of plague.
The Accademia Galleries are an important collection of venetian patinings from Century 14th to 18th, including masterpieces of the most famous masters like Bellini, Giorgione, Carpaccio, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Veronese and Tiepolo. Rooms keep many works from churches, schools and public magistratures that help the public to understand the solutions created by a painter for a specific destination and meaning of a painting.
The Museo Correr is the civic museum of Venice, located in the prominent Piazza San Marco, facing the basilica of the same name. The Museum holds art, documents, artifacts, and maps that chart the history and daily life of Venice across the century. The Napoleonic Wing has sumptuous Neoclassical decroration and houses a noteworthy collection of works by Antonio Canova.
The Ca’ d’Oro, a palace overlooking the Grand Canal, represents the highest and most complete example of the typical gothic buildings; the present one is the result of several modifications made throughout the centuries.
In 1894 the palace was bought by Giorgio Facchetti, where he decided to expose his own art collection. It conserves mainly painters from Veneto and Tuscany, scultures, antique furnitures, tapestries, precious Venetian ceramics and much more.
Peggy Guggenheim is the most important museum of European and American contemporary art in Italy. It’s placed in "Palazzo Venier" ( XVIII century). Here you'll find significant works by American modernists, abstract Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Picasso, Dalì, Brancusi and Pollock.
Ca' Rezzonico opened as a public museum in 1936. Today it is one of the finest museums in Venice with a unique character. Numerous paintings by such artists as Pietro Longhi, Francesco Guardi and Giandomenico Tiepolo can be found in the Palazzo. In addition to collections of antique furniture, there is also a fine collection of Venetian glass, showing that the skills of the 18th century masters at Murano were probably superior to those on the island today.