From Venice: Explore The Art And Crafts In The Great Schools With Guide

Among the historic districts of Venice, you can hear the echoes of the great lords converse with the people going to the meetings in the Great Schools of the city. This tour leads to the discovery of four great Schools, cultural and humanitarian brotherhoods of Venice.

The tour begins in the Grande Scuola dei Carmini, where the ancient furnishings of the devotees and charitable associates are surrounded by religious frescoes by Tiepolo. Like precious gems, set in the gilded inlaid ceiling, Tintoretto’s canvases adorn the chapter house of the Grande Scuola di San Rocco, the richest and most long-lived school in the city.

The symbolic Eagle overlooks the marble entrance to the monumental School of St. John the Evangelist, which still today houses the lay confraternity that has been meeting for over 700 years to admire its masterpieces.

At midday, it is time for a Venetian aperitif in the typical Bacaro to continue with lunch in the warm atmosphere of the tavern.

In the afternoon, the walk leads to the Grande Scuola di San Marco, so important that it received the name of the city’s great patron saint. In the great chapter room, with its golden leaf ceiling, the winged Lion watches over the six canvases of the great artists.

Continuing along the promenade of the Sestriere di Cannareggio, you will come across the Kosher shops and the palaces of the old ghetto of the city, which tell the memory of a difficult time and a new serenity.