HomeDestinationsInterestsTop Places to Travel by MonthSearchMenuBest time to go to Venice Join the Feast of the Ascension celebration featuring a symbolic marriage ceremony is a centuries-old celebration of the tight bond between Venice and the sea that is celebrated on the day of the Ascension of Christ and honors two key moments in Venice's past: May 9 when Doge Pietro II Orseolo saved Dalmatia from Slavic threats marking Venice's expansion; and the 1177 Treaty of Venice resolving conflicts between the Pontificate and Holy Roman Empire Sensa includes the Marriage of the Sea ceremony and vibrant celebrations across the city a water parade of traditional rowing boats with the Mayor leading the procession aboard the "Serenissima" boat the Marriage of the Sea Ceremony takes place in front of the historic Church of San Nicolò del Lido represented by the Mayor and the patriarch gives a golden ring to the sea to symbolize their marriage the Serenissima Choir enchants the audience with a captivating performance in the area adjacent to the San Nicolò church adding musical splendor to the celebrations a solemn Holy Mass is held within the serene walls of the San Nicolò del Lido church concluding the morning's festivities with a spiritual touch the festivities at Lido San Nicolò unfold with a rich array of activities visitors can immerse themselves in the Sensa Traditional Market hosted by the Global Campus human rights initiative spreads awareness about kindness through exhibitions and workshops particularly targeting children and young people the Food Area tempts taste buds from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm visitors can explore the Cloister of San Nicolò from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm delving into its historical and photographic treasures curated by Proloco Historical re-enactments by groups like Palmanova and the Musketeers of Candia add a touch of historical flair from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm the activities continue with Nordic Walking Venezia Serenissima's "La Porta del mare" event starting at 9:20 am from Piazzale SME The day concludes with a captivating "Concert by The Pixels," organized by Venezia Spiagge Spa at 5:30 pm On St. Nicholas Eve in December put a plate on the table with a letter asking for gifts and promising to be good in the coming year San Nicola fills most of the requests and piles the plates with chocolates It is a magical night for children; the surprises make a joyous morning for everyone San Niccolò comes on December 6th in Trieste. Children and adults celebrate the day; it is the primary day for gift-giving to children. Grandfathers dress up like the saint, giving presents or coal made of sugar if the children have been naughty. Trieste had strong trade relationships with Apulia and it is believed that St Nicholas traditions were brought to the area from Bari Because Nicholas is the patron saint of young women wanting to be married brides-to-be stream to the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari on the 6th of December young Byzantine Catholic girls celebrate St They wear traditional dress and sing special songs so that they may find husbands the tooth is concealed in a safe place such as inside a closet or drawer saying the same special prayer “San Nicola I give you my old hoe [tooth] and ask that you give me a new one) Nicholas will have exchanged the tooth for a present In southern Italy and Sicily there are areas that distribute Pani di S The custom is seemingly borrowed from the tradition of St In Ganzirri fishermen believe the loaves can calm storms at sea So fishermen carry the loaves, after being blessed in the church, on their fishing vessels. When severe storms blow, they throw loaves into the water, firm in their faith they will be protected. St. Nicholas of Myra is sometimes shown with loaves The loaves recall the miracle of the grain that relieved famine in Myra At the time the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of Turkey died in an epidemic while Nicholas was still young Obeying Jesus’ words to “sell what you own and give the money to the poor,” Nicholas used his whole inheritance to assist the needy Bishop Nicholas became known throughout the land for his generosity to those in need Learn more at stnicholascenter.org thousands pour into Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood to celebrate the Assumption the 11-day "Beast of all Feasts" will be celebrated along Mulberry Street in NYC's Little Italy Italian American parade and feast day organizers are gearing up for another season of revelry ISDA has kept its strong sense of community alive and thriving to become one of the largest and most financially successful Italian American organizations in the country We now unite Italian Americans across states nationwide to celebrate our culture and preserve the traditions our ancestors brought with them from Italy Share your email address with us Italian Sons & Daughters of America 419 Wood St., #3 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 T. (412) 261-3550 E. in**@or*******.org © 2025 Italian Sons & Daughters of America is one of Italy’s most exciting diving and snorkelling destinations Why go?A Robinson Crusoe-style escape, the unique selling point of the Tremiti Islands is splendid isolation. Part of the Gargano National Park the five-island archipelago is marooned in the Adriatic Sea some 14 miles off the coast of Puglia — the region that forms the heel to Italy’s boot The main island of San Domino acts as the jumping-off base for discovering its little brother San Nicola the historical centre with a fortress-like town Cretaccio and Capraia welcome snorkellers and divers only this is a place to plonk a yoga mat in an empty cove or scribble poetry in a deserted beach The colour scheme of the Tremiti Islands offers a hint of what's on offer: azure seas so join them on a round-the-island trail through groves of Arbutus strawberry trees coves and caves are ripe for sunbathing and snorkelling Pack sunscreen and a good book: aside from the main sandy swoosh of Cala delle Arene the Tremiti Islands' beaches host no bars and no shops — and frequently locals would swim the 655 feet across from San Domino to San Nicola a local fishing boat will swish you across to Castello dei Badiali a 13th-century fortress that serves as a lookout point for all five Tremiti Islands San Nicola is near silent but for the lapping sea where the hottest news concerns the size of a sea bass pulled up that morning which is a thousand years old and has a spellbinding mosaic floors The busy seafloor around the Tremiti Islands which are surrounded by a protected marine zone.Photograph by Getty ImagesWhat to seeWhat visitors will struggle to find elsewhere in the country is the archipelago's kaleidoscope of sea life scattered across 30 significant dive sites The best place to start is on a glass-bottomed boat excursion but most tours take in the uninhabited islands of Cretaccio and Capraia: spy tuna at sea groupers in caves and octopus creeping across rocks Keep your eyes peeled for the submerged statue of Italian saint Padre Pio near Capraia which sits on a sandy seabed 40ft below the surface Divers can navigate armies of lobsters and shoals of scorpionfish Sea life is particularly apparent along the southern coast of San Domino and the exposed north coast of Capraia (which is best for diving with amberjack and tuna) expert divers can find a forest of the even rarer antipathes subpinnata or black coral – one of the largest in the Mediterranean The Tremiti Islands are sited in deep Adriatic seas revolves around anything that can be foraged from the forest or hauled up from the sea Prepare yourself for a cornucopia of lemons Ciambotta del pescatore is a fish stew laced with swordfish The island dessert is treccine — baked brioche dough seasoned with wild fennel As a place where you’re more likely to spot a peregrine falcon than come across a party naturalists and those looking for seclusion dense pine forests and turquoise waters are hard to beat The archipelago welcomes the highest number of travellers between July and August making the summer shoulder months an ideal time to visit Ferries take travellers to San Domino from Vieste and Termoli but note that cars are prohibited on the islands The other three islands have no accommodation at all — and that’s all part of their charm For more information, visit italia.it/en Follow National Geographic Traveller (UK) on social media the Musei di Palazzo dei Pio in Carpi are dedicating an exhibition to the church of San Nicolò and the convent of the Friars of Carpi a complex that was founded in 1521: five hundred years after its inauguration the Emilian city is thus hosting the exhibition Il Principe e la sua chiesa (The Prince and his church) which traces the events of the monumental Temple of San Nicolò commissioned by Prince Alberto Pio and designed by architect Baldassarre Peruzzi sponsored by the University of Padua and supported by the Fondazione Cassa Risparmio di Carpi through studies and architectural drawings by authors such as Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Baldassarre Peruzzi illuminated choir books from the 16th and 17th centuries and paintings originally placed inside the space.Along the way one will also encounter an autograph letter from Niccolò Machiavelli who was present in 1521 at the inauguration of the place of worship sent by the seigniory of Florence to attend the General Chapter of the Order of Friars Minor Observant which stands on the site of the ancient chapel dedicated to the saint that became the headquarters of the Franciscan Order of Observant Friars Minor not without complaints and protests from the religious order The Prince and His Church opens precisely with the parchment of Alberto Pio’s will such as Pope Calixtus II’s bull of January 29 letters and maps that tell the historical stages of the church’s evolution A second section is dedicated to the development of the monumental building: here a three-dimensional model of the church with the convent has been reconstructed from its origins to the present day multimedia installations and an app will allow the public to take a virtual journey through history and architecture from the 12th century Franciscan church prior to the Peruzzi temple which began between 1493 and 1494 and developed over a span of thirty years in the early 16th century The plans document a building with a central plan modulated on the contemporary Bramante designs widespread in the area of northern Italy the dome and chapels were erected between 1505 and 1508 and in 1511 under the direction of Antonio and Sebastiano Barabani characterized by an astonishing architectural power that clearly reveals the models from which it sprang is the work of architect Baldassarre Peruzzi who grafted the naves onto the central plan area of the tribune The exhibition will also give an account of the decorative apparatus of the church and the commissions for the aristocratic altars with paintings made especially for the space such as Cima da Conegliano’s Lamentation over the Dead Christ and Bernardino Loschi’sAnnunciation and Saint Roch Then there will be a section with printed volumes from the 15th century from the library established in the 15th century by Leonello Pio and made public by his son Alberto as well as treatises on history and philosophy such as the Summa contra Gentiles of Thomas Aquinas prints and photographs will document how St Nicholas has been represented throughout the centuries “This exhibition,” says Manuela Rossi director of the Musei di Palazzo dei Pio in Carpi in its inseparable link between church and convent as a paradigmatic example of the humanistic period and the early Italian Renaissance: a seigniory that Alberto Pio refined pupil of Aldo Manuzio and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; a building of worship that becomes the mausoleum of the noble family; an architect who in Carpi leaves his imprint on the main buildings wanted by the prince But it is also a way to reconcile ourselves and rediscover a public heritage of devotion and art which for ten years has been undergoing a difficult and delicate restoration of the earthquake damage that struck Emilia in May 2012.” It will be possible to visit the church’s restoration site on Saturday The exhibition is accompanied by a Franco Cosimo Panini Editore catalog Below are some images of the works on display have not been found to produce the liquid manna is the substance that has been emitted by Bari’s particular set of Saint Nicholas’s relics for hundreds of years and that has been regularly extracted each May since 1980 the liquid oozing from Saint Nicholas’s bones in Bari was found by scientists at the University of Bari in 1925 to be water it forms as condensation due to the tomb’s location underground in a port city Despite this seemingly less miraculous revelation about the substance’s composition many still believe in its curative powers and sacredness relics are simply “objects that had been in contact with the saint during his or her lifetime and objects that had been in contact with the saint’s tomb.” Hence as long as the manna is collecting on the bones The annual celebration and collection of the manna in Bari is held on May 9 which refers to the movement of the remains from Myra to Bari is then diluted in a larger pool of water to be bottled in containers adorned with artwork of the saint Believers can purchase these bottles of manna and possess their own precious relic of Saint Nicholas The recent rediscovery of a forgotten photo album expands upon David ‘Chim’ Seymour’s documentation of the battle against illiteracy in southern Italy David Seymour Recently, analysis of UNESCO’s audio-visual archives (prior to digitization) brought to light a forgotten photo album-cum-diary, kept by David ‘Chim’ Seymour The rediscovered document was made in 1950 during his time documenting a UNSECO campaign against illiteracy in southern Italy A number of Chim’s images from the project were published in 1952 in the UNESCO Courier – the organization’s in-house publication – alongside a text by Carlo Levi by then famous for his memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli This rediscovery of previously unscrutinized photographs and notes offers important additions to Chim’s extensive documentation of post-war Europe which included his Children of Europe project (arguably his best-known work) and spurred UNESCO and the editors of the DeGruyter book series Appearances Studies in Visual Research to release a new book entitled They Did Not Stop at Eboli The publication brings together 30 full-bleed photographs contemporary press cuttings about the UNESCO campaign and Chim’s previously unknown letters to Carlo Levi – as well as four new essays: on Chim’s photographs and their wider archival context at UNESCO (by Giovanna Hendel) on the image of Italian schools in the photographs of Italian photojournalism (by Juri Meda) on the intellectual friendship between Carlo Levi and Chim (by Carole Naggar) and on the rediscovered photography album as an editing tool and a means of storytelling (by Karin Priem) Carole Naggar writes about this newly discovered body of work placing it in Seymour’s broader archive reflecting on images and contact sheets from the forgotten album as well as from number from his earlier and later works made in Post-War Europe The publication of They Did Not Stop at Eboli was supported by Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2 DH) at the University of Luxembourg Full PDFs of the book are available for free download here, while hard copies are also available for purchase here pulling an already filled out ballot from her pocket for all the world like a precious talisman and someone had foisted a monarchical ballot upon her and said: ‘Is that why they didn’t teach us to read?’” “Italy Fights the Battle of Illiteracy” (1949) A photographer’s archive is a living body: each time a discovery is made the biographer’s – and the public’s – perspectives are enlightened and reshaped both by the discovered material and by analysis of it This is what happened with a recent discovery made in UNESCO’s archives in Paris only recently transferred under the responsibility of the Archives Department had barely been indexed since the organization was founded right after World War II The UNESCO archivists started to select material to be digitized and by opening filing cabinets and drawers discovered a 38-page album with contact sheets texts and captions by David ‘Chim’ Seymour: a 1950 report on illiteracy in southern Italy Some of the images had been published in 1952 to illustrate an article in UNESCO’s magazine The UNESCO Courier with a text by Carlo Levi the author brought to fame by his 1945 novel Christ Stopped at Eboli Chim traveled to southern Italy on a UNESCO assignment to document illiteracy – a problem effecting as many as 35 percent of Italy’s rural population He photographed the new schools where peasants were taught to read and write by local volunteers and groups like the Unione Nazionale per la Lotta contro l’Analfabetismo the National League for the struggle against illiteracy Chim had already traveled in the region in the summer of 1948 as part of a UNICEF–UNESCO assignment Children of Europe which saw him documenting the fate of displaced and maimed children in the wake of World War II He photographed street children and orphans in Naples shooting pictures of families that lived together with their animals in dark limestone cave dwellings he already knew about the poverty and isolation in southern Italy Chim’s photographs from the illiteracy project appear a direct continuation of his work on that earlier series I was amazed at the similarity of style and point of view to those in his photographs of children in 1948 Italy and Poland did not only show the children’s suffering trying to catch up on the learning they had missed during the war years As the son of a publisher of Yiddish and Hebrew books reading and writing had always been central to Chim’s life so that this choice of topic seems natural for him hunched over their textbooks or notebooks or poring over maps the improvised surroundings and furniture – child-sized tables and benches – and the home-made classroom materials shown in his 1950 reportage all recall the 1948 photographs Chim thus suggests that the people of the Mezzogiorno were also oppressed victims of a war of sorts which had created the huge disparity between north and south The people in southern Italy had been forgotten They seemed to live in an enclave where time had stopped while the rest of the country advanced in the period known as the “Italian economic miracle” in the 1950s and 1960s Chim’s reportage functions as a classic series Chim worked with close-ups inside peasants’ homes He used the poor lighting to create strong The individual photographs seem to expand into contemplative moments like Carlo Levi –when he had lived in southern Italy in political exile in 1935,interned as a Jew and a Communist– had been able to leave behind the accelerated rhythm of urban life and had started to share in the slow almost immobile sense of time that was part of his subjects’ lives Chim did not limit himself to the mere fight against illiteracy: as he had done with the Children of Europe work seeking to paint a broader picture of the peasants’ life he took portraits of girls walking barefoot or in makeshift shoes along the village’s muddy paths doing homework; of women and even children carrying huge loads of furniture or firewood on their heads; of a young boy with his dog and a young shepherd; of a woman crowned with a nest of dried flowers or vegetables; of peasants occupying the land and tilling the dry fields; of a village teacher on his motorcycle He also expanded his view to include the unforgiving landscape of steep mountains and narrow twisting paths and the barren fields dotted with few trees depicting the humble objects of everyday life as if the photographer was traveling into the mind and consciousness of the people he photographed As well as the aforementioned echoes of his Children of Europe work in Chim’s 1950 photographs – especially those images showing the land occupation by peasants – I also found striking echoes of his work during the Spanish Civil War: the land reform meetings While fascist propaganda had used photography and words as tools to show the “New Italy,” these very weapons were turned around by Chim and Levi employed to reveal the Italy that had been denied by fascism: the poor archaic Italy that did not trust – nor care about – governmental promises the lack of access to land and education – the daily life of the peasants – are never shown in propaganda photographs Upon settling in Rome and choosing as a base the Hotel Inghilterra at the heart of Rome’s power and social networks Chim photographed the rising stars of Cinecittà – Hollywood before Hollywood –  and saw the neorealist films by Rossellini In the illiteracy series his photographic style closely aligns with that of the post-war Italian neorealist photographers such as Enzo Sellerio such as Paul Strand in his famous series Un Paese Many others contributed to what has been called “lyrical realism”:  Chim’s photographs definitely fall into that category Chim’s work on illiteracy represents a pivotal moment It serves both as a link to and continuation of Children of Europe and as an entry point to his later work on rituals After he spent time exploring southern Italy and its distinctive oral culture Chim’s next few years (1951 to 1955) would see him traveling to remote villages of the South and documenting religious and pagan rituals and festivals in Sicily the Basilicata and Calabria : the Holy Thursday procession in Caltanisseta Chim managed to penetrate a civilization and a people that he did not belong to He did not keep his distance but sought to be witness and protagonist at the same time His photographs are not merely anthropological: they have a sense of depth and radiate poetry They are deeply personal and imbued with empathy and emotion in his work on the campaign against illiteracy Chim created a lyrical portrait of a fragile society on the brink of change This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The 12th-century collection of prayers is slightly larger than a sheet of notebook paper A corner of the beechwood boards covering the manuscript has crumbled away and the surface is delicately pitted with wormholes Restorers found the dried carapace of an unidentified species of insect trapped inside the pages It seems fitting that even after an ambitious and painstaking two-year restoration the book that persuaded the man from Assisi to renounce earthly goods — and that resulted in the founding of the Franciscan order — appears as humble and unprepossessing as a monk’s brown habit the book has its own public exhibit at the Walters Art Museum for the first time in nearly 40 years Francis Missal” is an intimate show in which the famous volume is shown with about two dozen paintings ivories and illustrated manuscripts taken from the museum’s collection Perhaps to compensate for the plain appearance of the star attraction many of the artifacts surrounding the missal possess an extraordinary and seductive beauty There’s no dearth of dazzle on display — including a 14th-century diptych said to contain fragments from the tunics of Saint Francis of Assisi and his most famous female follower The little artwork of scenes from Christ’s nativity and crucifixion are reverse painted on glass and is so fragile that it’s going on public view for the first time in the Walters’ 86-year history The show has been generating excitement internationally especially among historians and members of religious orders Francis is one of the most beloved saints in history,” said Lynley Anne Herbert the museum’s curator of rare books and manuscripts the missal has acquired the status of a religious relic It’s the most requested book in our collection It inspires pilgrims from all over the world to come here to see it At one point we couldn’t even open the missal anymore because it was in such fragile condition The missal is considered to be extra sacred because it is considered “an object of touch,” according to Herbert Francis himself is thought to have turned the ancient pages on a morning in 1208 in the altar of his parish church which was located in Italy until it was damaged by an earthquake in the 19th century Worshipers believe that the missal retains a trace of the saint’s spiritual aura According to several accounts of Francis’ life written shortly after he died he was inspired to dedicate himself to a life of poverty in 1208 after he and two friends — all wealthy young men — had been up all night debating about how they could best serve God “They walked around the corner to the church and flipped open the missal on the altar three times once for each member of the Trinity.” (Roman Catholics believe that one Supreme Being is manifest in three entities: God the Father they opened the missal to a random page,” Herbert said the text told them to give up all their earthly goods and follow Christ That was the foundational moment of the Franciscan Order.” there is no video footage from inside the church on that day so it’s difficult to know for certain that the missal that museum co-founder Henry Walters purchased in Paris in 1924 from the dealer Paul Gruel is the same volume that Francis consulted But Herbert said that there’s more evidence to support this hypothesis than usually exists for a manuscript this old A dedication added to the missal in red ink specifies that the prayer book was created for the San Nicolo church The missal appears to have been completed some time around the 1180s and 1190s (when the patron who donated the book was actively involved in local affairs) but certainly before 1228 (the missal contains a notation recording the death in that year of a local bishop) “The feeling has grown over the last century that this has to be the book,” Herbert said and it’s highly unlikely that they would have had another book like this one and it was made from lapis that had to be imported from Afghanistan The exhibit is located inside a small gallery that can hold no more than 15 people Herbert said the staff intentionally created an intimate show “to make it easier for visitors to have a personal encounter with the book.” Surrounding the missal are cases containing artifacts that illustrate either Francis’ life or those of two of his followers (Since the number of viewers inside the gallery will be limited The scope of the damage to the missal as described by Abigail Quandt the Walters’ senior conservator of rare books and manuscripts The missal’s pages are made of goatskin parchment The original binding was replaced in the 15th century — but the glue used in the new spine attracted insects who burrowed through the beechwood boards the lower right corner of the front board became so riddled with worm tunnels that it crumbled into dust Even the ink used to write the text by hand had begun to flake off “The book was so fragile that even when it was handled very very carefully it was developing more breakage and more cracks,” Quandt said “It got to the point where I had to tell the curators ‘You can take the missal out and show it to visitors restorer Cathie Magee slowly and painstakingly took the entire missal apart removing and saving the ancient linen thread She injected epoxy into the insect holes with a syringe to stabilize the wooden boards Tears in the parchment were mended with a handmade Japanese paper that’s thin but very strong Magee reattached the loose ink to the page with a dilute solution of gelatin that she applied with a brush under a microscope the missal was reassembled on a wooden sewing frame A new binding was attached and covered with goatskin leather “This is one of the most challenging projects I’ve ever undertaken,” Quandt said museum-goers can watch the restoration project unfold from start to finish visitors can flip through the digitized missal page by page Those who look closely may spy a shadowy line running horizontally across the pages of goatskin parchment It was made by hairs on the critter’s spine the missal will be newly accessible even after the exhibit closes in a way that it hasn’t been in several years Herbert will once again be able to show the 12th-century volume to pilgrims who have journeyed to see it She will once again be able to open the book the exact page containing the exhortation to “go sell whatever thou hast and give to the poor” that is believed to have galvanized St ‘Do you think he really touched it?’ “ Herbert said But what I can say is that he was a real person It is entirely possible that he walked into the church of San Nicolo on that day and opened the book on the altar About  .  Contact  .  Donation Archaeologists have uncovered the burial site of Saint Nicholas the historical figure who inspired the legend of Santa Claus beneath a church in Turkey’s Antalya province was built atop an earlier church where Saint Nicholas is believed to have served as bishop before the site was submerged during the Middle Ages according to the Demirören News Agency (DHA) president of the Antalya Cultural Heritage Preservation Regional Board described the discovery as “extremely important” and the first of its kind from that era Saint Nicholas was a Greek Christian bishop from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor He became renowned for numerous miracles attributed to his intercession and for his extraordinary generosity particularly his habit of secret gift-giving which eventually inspired the modern-day traditions of Santa Claus and Sinterklaas Saint Nicholas was interred in a 4th-century church in Antalya province Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II ordered the construction of the St Nicholas Church at the location where he had served as bishop his remains were relocated and enshrined as sacred relics in the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari Venetian sailors removed most of his remains and transported them to Venice where they were housed in the San Nicolò al Lido monastery basilica an examination of bone fragments from Bari and Venice revealed that the remains belonged to the same individual though it remains uncertain whether they are definitively those of Saint Nicholas an archaeologist specializing in early Christian architecture at the University of North Dakota noted to Live Science that it was “not unusual” for churches of that time to be built atop earlier structures The discovery of Saint Nicholas’ burial site was made after the removal of a 1970s-era floor slab Excavations uncovered the tomb and sarcophagus at the base of a fresco depicting Jesus as well as the original church foundations and period mosaic flooring bear similarities to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre which strengthens the theory that the site was designed to link Saint Nicholas with the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and ascension “His sarcophagus must have been placed in a special location—the section with three apses covered by a dome we discovered a fresco showing Jesus holding a Bible in his left hand while making a sign of blessing with his right hand,” Eravşar explained The team also uncovered a marble floor tile inscribed with the Greek words for “as grace,” which may mark the exact burial spot Eravşar stated that the site will now be protected and prepared for public display offering visitors a chance to witness a significant piece of early Christian history and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article and sometimes a large basket with which to threaten naughty children but this autumn’s fully packed arts calendar certainly does And the spate of shows like a restaging of a monumental Diane Arbus retrospective and screening of Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki’s delightfully kooky lizard videos that opened in September were just the beginning: October will see Alex Katz mark a career milestone with a takeover of the Guggenheim Museum a guide to all the goings-on you’d do well not to miss Many have gotten the opportunity to see Arthur Jafa’s Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death a seminal video portrait of Black America that went viral when more than a dozen museums co-streamed it in the wake of the murder of George Floyd has been difficult to track down since it won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2019 The collage of original and found footage exploring whiteness is screening in America for the first time from September 1 through October 16 (Wednesdays-Sundays) on W Installation view of Sol LeWitt drawing Wall Drawing #136 at Chiostro di San Nicolò Sol LeWitt’s monumentally scaled wall drawings and structures are just something you have to experience in person. Paula Cooper first introduced them to the world in 1968, and from September 9 through October 22, she’s set to put them back on the map by devoting her two New York galleries to the late conceptual artist’s colossal works The photographer Steven Cuffie spent the 1970s and early ’80s in Baltimore, where he took portraits of influential women in his life. This incredible body of work which, hitherto, has never been seen, will be on view at the new New York Life Gallery The gallery’s inaugural exhibition was curated by the artist’s youngest child who is organizing an official archive of their father’s life work Photographer Ethan James Green is heading up New York Life; he’s opened the gallery to feature emerging and overlooked artists With Elsa Schiaparelli as her imaginary client Tara McCauley has converted the primary bedroom and hallway of the Brooklyn Heights Design Showhouse into a tribute to Surrealism and its influence on the late designer’s legacy The interior designer has incorporated Schiaparelli’s signature hue of Shocking Pink into her typically monochrome color palette via pieces from her personal vintage collection and commissioned artworks all of which are on view from September 23 through October 30 Listening to Solange Knowles’s new music won’t be as easy as pulling up Spotify. But it’ll no doubt be worth the trek to the New York City Ballet to hear the score it’s commissioned to accompany Gianna Reisen’s choreography. Following its premiere at the NYCB’s annual fashion gala in front of a crowd including Knowles’s sister, Beyoncé the performances will take place on October 8 David Hammons (left) and Suzette Wright (center) at the Body Print-In held in conjunction with Hammons’s exhibition Greasy Bags and Barbeque Bones beginning with Bryant’s mission to “present African-American artists on the same platform with other established artists” and following how it became a collaborative experimental breeding ground for David Hammons but we’re going to guess that it’ll be comprised of some of the Chilean artist and poet’s most ambitious textile sculptures yet You’ll have just three days—October 13, 14, and 15—to catch the artist and choreographer Gisèle Vienne’s can’t-miss dance interpretation of what she’s described as the euphoria of a night spent getting lost in the crowd. Inspired by her experience clubbing in Berlin just after the wall dividing the city’s East and West fell, “CROWD” features 15 dancers letting loose at a rave The three-night run is the latest highlight of Dance Reflection an initiative that the luxury jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels launched in the fall of 2020 The daylong lineup of activities includes a revival of the Taco Bell Drawing Club in remembrance of its late founder the illustrator and Every Person in New York author Jason Polan It’s hard to believe that two decades after Art Basel began branching out from Switzerland, the mega art fair has yet to choose Paris as one of its satellite locations. That changes on October 20, when the newly created Paris+ will take over the Grand Palace Éphémère for four days of what’ll amount to billions of dollars of art-related purchases (You better check out the exhibition space which is located in the 7ème arrondissement while you can; a demolition is planned for when the Grand Palais finishes its renovation for the 2024 Summer Olympics.) and spoon entirely enveloped in fur that remains the only reason many know her name Just in time for Miami Art Week, Nina Johnson is mounting a solo exhibition of Raúl de Nieves’s signature bead-filled sculptures. The Mexico-born, New York-based multimedia artist’s latest come tinged with nostalgia: He’s added reproductions of torn scrapbook pages and DIY posters from his youth to his arsenal of materials, which per usual include thousands upon thousands of beads which also includes a new group of paintings opens a day into Miami Art Week on November 28 This article was originally published on Aug The Walters Art Museum recently opened an exhibition of the Missal read by St Francis Missal has its own dedicated exhibition at the Walters Art Museum Though the museum is currently closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic the exhibition will be on display until May 31.  Francis of Assisi was the patron saint of Italy and was the founder of the mendicant Franciscan Order he was commonly associated with nature and wildlife and said to be the first person in history to receive the stigmata the current pope chose his papal name as Pope Francis marking the first time a pope was been named after the saint.  Francis of Assisi and two followers debated how best to serve God in the Church of San Nicolo in Assisi a large book containing the texts used in the Catholic mass on the altar at three random times to symbolize the Holy Trinity The Missal served as a seminal moment in the formation of the Franciscan Order and is believed to be a relic of St originally purchased the Missal from an art dealer in Paris The text has thus drawn Christians and avid historians alike from around the globe in pilgrimage to the city’s very own Walters Art Museum the exhibit itself was modest and held in a small the centerpiece of the exhibit was the Missal Each page featured passages from the Bible (including famous verses such as Mark 10:21 and Matthew 16:24) which urged the renouncement of material goods the book was open to the Latin passage of Mark 10:21 that St Francis and his followers supposedly read over 800 years ago: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven,” it read.  the pages were turned and another of the three passages were shown.  Surrounding it are other artifacts of the medieval era including a 14th-century diptych altarpiece with two plates attached at a hinge that supposedly contains fragments of St The fragile diptych is on display for the first time in the Walters’ history there are pieces describing the lives of St the patron saint of embroiderers and Francis’ most famous female follower historians have said that the displayed manuscript is likely to have been the same one St This new exhibition follows a two-year restoration project of the Missal in which the cover was almost entirely replaced and the book was fully taken apart and delicately stitched back together.  remarked that the exhibit wasn’t as impressive as he expected “It was historically interesting and educational albeit somewhat aesthetically underwhelming,” he said “It was really cool learning about how the museum has restored the Missal throughout its deep history.” Junior Robert Kim described the experience of attending the exhibition as awe-inspiring it felt a little surreal to be around a relic of St Although the Missal was almost 800 years old it shares the same basis as the sermons and discussions I have today It seemed to really pull the figures out of the stories we tell and ground them in reality,” he said.  Currently studying towards a minor in History Robert Kim was also struck by the breadth of other historical objects there.  “The restoration disguised just how old [the Missal] was There were also paintings done by artists whose bones are probably dust by now There’s just such an abundance of history behind each of those artifacts,” he said “It impressed upon me just how ancient and prevalent my faith is Please note All comments are eligible for publication in The News-Letter ShareSaveCommentLifestyleTravel5 Lesser-Known Film Locations Movie Buffs Should Seek Out In VeniceByRebecca Ann Hughes Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights 06:00am EDTShareSaveCommentOriginally a trading post for German merchants in the 13th century More houses a luxury department store with a panoramic roof terrace This week sees the release of The Haunting in Venice a Poirot thriller set in the titular canal city Dozens of films have been shot in the tourist hotspot many in some of the most frequented locations in the city including St Mark’s Square and the Rialto Bridge Interior of Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice Originally a trading post for German merchants in the 13th century it now houses a luxury department store with a panoramic roof terrace Its monumental arcaded interior and history of riches have made it a captivating choice for film productions Featured in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale the Palazzo Pisani Moretta is an elegant salmon-pink 15th-century palace that exudes opulence appropriately embodying the setting of a high-stakes casino the film showcased various areas within the palazzo the pastel-hued frescoes in the gambling rooms In the iconic action-adventure film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Campo San Barnaba square served as the backdrop for Harrison Ford’s character to embark on his search for the Holy Grail Fondamenta Giardini street and Campo san Barnaba Campo San Barnaba is transformed into a cacophonous marketplace it still has cafès whose tables and chairs spill out onto the pavement and the canal running alongside has a permanent floating fruit and vegetable stall located in the Dorsoduro district of Venice featured prominently in the 1970s psychological thriller Don’t Look Now the Church of San Nicolò dei Mendicoli is used as a key setting for various pivotal scenes with its Gothic architecture and candle-lit chapels giving a haunting sense of foreboding to the movie the Sant' Agnese Church was used as a location in the 2010 romantic thriller The Tourist Whilst the film featured many famous Venetian landmarks it also included a number of lesser-known spots Chiesa di Sant'Agnese catholic church on Campo di Sant'Agnese square with trees alley in Venice .. More historical city centre Dorsoduro sestiere The interior of Sant' Agnese Church was transformed into a lavish setting for a masquerade ball scene The church's elegantly simple architecture either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content who once sailed single-handed from St Tropez to Hawaii started out in equity sales at Merrill Lynch Since then he has been head trader at a $1 billion hedge fund and I play football beneath the Westway in Kensington I was born to Italian parents in Washington DC half my grandfather's summer house in Forte dei Marmi I visit Rome and this year the Vatican is honouring my mother's great-uncle Pius XII (Pope from 1939-1958.) I've been involved in football for a long time I consulted to Sunderland FC until last May Knees and ankles suffer but it clears the mind we stop at Cacciari's near High Street Kensington for tiramisu We may spend two hours in the park then go for pizza at Rossopomodoro on Fulham Road We also might drop in on a vintage car dealer in South Kensington as Apollina is passionate about cars going out in the world and seeing what is happening This month I'm excited about the What is Luxury exhibition we are sponsoring at the Victoria & Albert Museum time and the unexpected – it transcends clichéd views of luxury so I lie down and fantasise about holidays Ever since I discovered St James's Theatre only more casually and with fewer injuries – but the same tiramisu I'm not a loyal follower of one particular team At Northacre our projects often have a revival angle I take my girlfriend out in South Kensington: Dozo for Japanese; Franco Manca for pizza; Il Macellaio for steak Luca Del Bono's elegant Sicilian next to his new South Kensington wellness centre It examines the personalities of successful people They say business is 15% skill and 85% understanding people Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all Francis of Assisi goes on display in BaltimoreThe Walters Art Museum | Facebook | Fair Use The missal is said to be the one consulted by the saint and his followers to understand God’s will for them.In the year 1208 Francis of Assisi and two followers reportedly were debating what God’s plan for them might be they sought answers at the Church of San Nicolò in Assisi and the text on the page they turned to urged renouncing earthly goods and another passage regarding the renunciation of worldly goods appeared “This pivotal moment laid the foundation for the Franciscan order,” says The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore which has just put the missal on public display “Due to this possible contact with the saint and many make pilgrimages to Baltimore to see it.” The exhibition, which also showcases related artifacts, comes following a two-year restoration of the St. Francis Missal. The book, particularly its fragile binding, had suffered from decades of use. The Missal has since been repaired and stabilized, and is being digitized for the Walters’ manuscript website Ex Libris “This exhibition is an opportunity for visitors to view one of the museum’s most famous works of art,” said Julia Marciari-Alexander “We are thrilled to once again showcase this key object in our permanent collection The Walters Art Museum has 36,000 objects from around the world spanning more than seven millennia Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you Please make a tax-deductible donation today Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting Catholic news By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org The site was a graveyard for Mantua’s Jewish community for centuries MANTUA, Italy (JTA) — After years of disagreement local officials and Italy’s umbrella Jewish group reached an agreement to turn an armory built on top of a centuries-old Jewish cemetery into a “House of Remembrance” museum The Jewish cemetery of San Nicolò is located in Mantua a small northern Italian town in the Po Valley with a Jewish history dating back to the 12th century The graveyard was built in 1442 with the approval of the noble Gonzaga family who reigned over Mantua during the Renaissance era It served the needs of the small local Jewish community until the 18th century and is believed to be the resting places of at least two famed Italian kabbalist masters: Rabbis Menachem Azariah da Fano and Mosheh Zacuto the Nazis turned the area into a makeshift concentration camp It later fell under the jurisdiction of the Italian military before being handed back over to local Mantua leaders Now the graveyard is covered by unkempt grass and shrubs and surrounded by five warehouses from its dark 20th-century past that have fallen into disrepair The municipality has planned on renovating the area for years some of whom are affiliated with the Central Rabbinical Congress of the USA and Canada — a consortium of haredi Orthodox groups that aims to preserve Jewish cemeteries around the world — argued that the plan would destroy the cemetery and its soil They clashed not only with local municipal leaders president of the Jewish Community of Mantua who believed they were holding up the process for unnecessary religious reasons One of the people Mantua leaders negotiated with was Rabbi Chizkiya Kalmanowitz, who acted as a delegate of the umbrella Union of Italian Jewish Communities group, or UCEI. He also has both American and Israeli citizenship and was arrested in Israel in 2012 for trying to steal bones from an archaeological site outside of Jerusalem agreed upon by municipal officers and UCEI has arranged for a renovation of the warehouses in a way that does not tamper with the soil All walking surfaces and the series of buildings — including an eco-friendly hostel and a center for people with disabilities — will be raised above the ground which will spotlight the history of Jews in the region will be housed in a Hapbsurg-era armory on the site A view inside one of the abandoned warehouses at the site “We wanted in every way to find a solution to redevelop the neighborhood after decades of decay and neglect strongly marked by the religious dimension,” said Andrea Murari “Constant confrontation has led us to design a better project It’s essential that a splendid area of the town is finally recovered.” which is funded by 6.5 million euros from the Italian government Kalmanowitz did not offer comment on the agreement Colorni repeated his criticism of the Orthodox rabbis who had inserted themselves into the debate from outside of the community “I’m happy for the conclusion of the negotiation — what bothers me is the interference of the rabbis who presumed to modify the project,” he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency “The designers had to patiently meet Kalmanowitz’s claims which has nothing to do with Italian laws.” JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy Three standout moments that helped shape the course of rock climbing ie long before the internet as we know it nowadays In part this was due to the fact that these were the early years when rock climbing was developing into a sport; during this period of experimentation and evolution the crags began to take on an important role and the technical difficulties increased dramatically This was the so-called golden age of sport climbing and in just three years the upper boundaries were pushed forward on three separate occasions: the world’s first 8a+ was established in 1983 by Jerry Moffat when he climbed The Face in Germany’s Frankenjura the world’s first first 8b was redpointed in 1984 by Wolfgang Güllich on nearby Kanal im Rücken and the world’s first 8b+ fell in 1985 once again at the hands of Güllich who freed Punks in the gym at Mount Arapiles in Australia 8a barely existed at the few crags that had been developed back then and represented an unfathomable difficulty for almost all climbers It is in this context that the first free ascent of the 8a Comeback by Luisa Iovane in 1986 must be framed; an unheralded ascent that was clearly well ahead of its time The climb is located in Val San Nicolò that secret garden of the Dolomites carefully looked after with Bruno Pederiva and Iovane’s climbing partner and partner in life While bolting the line Mariacher was surprised by a sudden snowstorm and the results forced him to stay away from the route for a month On his return Mariacher realised that one of his moves didn’t suit his style a tiny crimp from which he’d have to do the splits to reach another foothold which Iovane with her fingers of steel and immense flexibility managed to be far more efficiently At the time Iovane had already repeated Tom & Jerry and Nisida two 7c's at Spiaggia delle Lucertole and Swing Area close two Arco and a few 7c’s in France; caliber climbs that have easily withstood the test of time but the 8a grade represented a quantum leap in difficulties Iovane had the tackle the considerable psychological question marks associated with an unclimbed route the then 26-year-old didn't even need to many attempts to send the magical grade of 8a also because back then she never sieged moves or routes In all likelihood this was the hardest female ascent of that time certainly in Italy; Catherine Destivelle and Isabelle Patissier had both climbed Fleur de Rocaille at Mouriès the previous year but over time the route had been downgraded slightly the name Luisa Iovane is associated with the line "first female 8a" the first female 8a+ goes to Destivelle thanks to her 1988 repeat of the famous Chouca at Buoux just a few months before Patissier's first female 8b on Sortilèges at Cimaï All three of these superb athletes were obviously main players in the early climbing competitions He was so impressed that on her return return to the Dolomites she stopped off at Lecco and signed her first contract for Cassin and started her career as a competition climb which in 1989 resulted in her becoming the first Italian to win a stage of the World Cup Wayne Merry and George Whitmore in 1958 after 47 days on the wall was deemed simply too difficult to be climbed free that’s what the word was at the time.Someone who has never heeded the word impossible is Lynn Hill the tenacious American climber born in 1961 winner of many of the first climbing competitions including a historic five Arco Rock Masters In 1993 she teamed up with British climber Simon Nadin, the overall winner of the first-ever World Cup in 1989 the pair managed to free one of the two crux pitches as the name implies the enormous overhang that bars the way to the upper reaches of the cliff the pair was forced to bow to the enormous difficulties posed by the pitch just above them this time Hill abseiled in from the summit and after three days of attempts managed to decipher the moves of the infamous corner using a bizarre sequence which she would later call the Houdini Move "Climbing it free would involve an ingenuity and technical finesse that I rarely encountered on any other route." explained the 32-year-old at the time It was just like a highly complex boulder problem but this time almost 1000 meters above the slow Merced River she would have succeeded without falling and the pair immediately returned to the valley floor over a period of four days later that September Hill the following year and the 33-year-old one-upped her first free ascent of The Nose with a stroke of utter genius: starting into the night of 19 September 1994 together with Steve Sutton Hill climbed The Nose all free in a 23-hour push This undisputed milestone in climbing history was summed up perfectly by German climber Alexander Huber a few years later: "Lynn Hill’s ascent of The Nose was a true exploit an event that rocked the entire climbing world In her provocative but nonetheless charming manner she demonstrated that she had shifted the balance in a traditionally male-dominated sport." with its delicate yet powerful moves "Bain" was considered the quintessential slab and with her repeat Bereziartu engraved her name in sport climbing history by becoming the first woman in the world to climb the legendary grade 9a To reach this goal she had invested seven days of attempts spread out over three weeks and two separate trips but above all she banked on past experience which made her the climber who more than any of her peers had explored the limits of female sport climbing First female 8c. First female 8c+. It is in the wake of these successes that Bereziartu then decided to focus on 9a, with power gruelling workouts - "the basis for climbing" - as the once explained. In 2001 repeated 8c+ by climbing Noia at Andonno freed only a year earlier by the other Nicole brother 9a/9a+ was the climb’s unprecedented grade in a period in which 9a+ were few and far between This is another shining example of a climb that was way ahead of its time; the 34-year-old she was not "only" at the apex of women's sport climbing since 9b had yet to be explored or confirmed Kastalia Medrano is a Manhattan-based journalist whose writing has appeared at outlets like Pacific Standard National Geographic, the Paris Review Daily Her RTs = unwavering personal convictions @kastaliamedrano No disrespect to the classic Tim Burton movie but if you want to treat your kids to a real nightmare before Christmas you might simply tell them the story of the many different places Santa was buried after he died In accordance with medieval Christian tradition, the remains of certain saints were divided between various churches Nick almost definitely has a number of final resting places National Geographic reported that the most likely sites include Bari Body of St Nicholas buried in Demre, claim officials https://t.co/8TC5LZb45x pic.twitter.com/1Ut2EA9i0K a professor of liturgical studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington told National Geographic that (some of) Father Christmas' bones could have been taken to Bari when the Byzantine Empire was slowly eroding a group of Italians removed his body from Myra and brought it to Bari with the goal of safeguarding a number of the relics from the Turks who really didn't have any interest in Christian saints," Witczak told National Geographic Some of the exhumed bones also made their way to Venice. According to the St. Nicholas Center experts have concluded that the bones in Bari and the bones in Venice could have come from the same skeleton "It was essentially a holy robbery," Adam English author of the book The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus "They feared not only the locals coming after them it seems they left some small fragments behind And as the Guardian reported earlier this year Turkish archaeologists uncovered an intact temple and burial ground at a church in Demre "We have obtained very good results but the real work starts now," Cemil Karabayram the director of surveying and monuments in Antalya "We will reach the ground and maybe we will find the untouched body of Saint Nicholas." Vatican City, Aug 8, 2019 / 03:38 am (CNA).- Thursday marks the Feast Day of St the 13th century priest known for founding the Order of Preachers the Dominicans don’t usually do much to celebrate the saint’s Aug While the August feast “is for us certainly always a feast,” Dominican Fr the order celebrates “more solemnly” May 24 which is the Solemnity of the Translation of St This unusual feast day commemorates the day St or “translated,” from their original burial spot behind an altar of the church of San Nicolo della Vigne in Bologna Italy to a more prominent place in the church in 1233 Dominic’s body was carried out at the request of Pope Gregory IX about one year before the saint’s canonization on July 13 one of the first leaders of the Dominicans the brothers were very anxious before the move of the body because they were worried that when the wooden coffin was uninterred from the stone sepulcher since it had been buried in a poorly constructed tomb a wonderful and sweet perfume emanated from the coffin instead and they were filled with wonder at this strange occurrence He reported that the odor remained and if anyone touched a hand or some object to the body the odor immediately attached itself and lingered for a long time “The body was carried to the marble sepulcher where it would rest – it and the perfume that it poured forth This marvelous aroma which the holy body emitted was evidence to all how much the saint had truly been the good odor of Christ,” he wrote Dominic’s remains had been expanded into a basilica Mass is celebrated at the Basilica of Santa Sabina the mother church of the Dominicans in Rome The tradition is for a priest of the Order of Friars Minor the procession of friars stops at the first side chapel It is at the church of Santa Maria del Rosario part of a Dominican monastery located on Monte Mario Urru said he was not sure how it came to be kept in the monastery but that it originated when some students in Bologna stole it to have in their chapel the Dominicans celebrated the 800th anniversary of their founding with a Jubilee Year culminating in an International Congress for the Mission of the Order Urru voiced gratitude for the blessing of vocations though there are some provinces which are very small The United States as well has seen a good number of new vocations “there are many initiatives of the order,” and they are working hard still the future of the order is “in the hands of God.” This article was originally published on CNA Aug If you value the news and views Catholic World Report provides, please consider donating to support our efforts Your contribution will help us continue to make CWR available to all readers worldwide for free Click here for more information on donating to CWR. 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The Missal has since been repaired and stabilized, and has also been digitized for the Walters’ manuscript website Ex Libris. “For those familiar with the Missal’s story it will be an exciting moment to re-engage with an important object the exhibition will shed light on a manuscript that has a unique and fascinating history,” said Lynley Herbert Robert and Nancy Hall Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts The exhibition draws upon the Walters’ world-renowned rare books and manuscripts collection that spans more than 1000 years and contains over 900 manuscripts and 2000 rare later editions from across the globe The St. Francis Missal will be on view until May 31, 2020. 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Links: grupporoccia4gatti.weebly.com, IG Diego Dellai, IG Nicola Bertoldo SEARCHThe global authority in superyachting There are a few things that being at sea for 23,000 miles in a 12 metre sailing boat teaches you One of them is the need for expert planning “I always have a clear mind of where the project needs to go; it doesn’t have to be frantically put together,” Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro the CEO of luxury residential developer Northacre I plan ahead – as you have to if you’re crossing the Atlantic.” Barattieri will need all those skills and more as he embarks on Northacre’s biggest project to date – the redevelopment of New Scotland Yard in London, the former headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, into properties as luxurious as your superyacht Planning permission was granted earlier this year for the million-square-foot project there’s the small matter of redeveloping No and the only building in London offering residents views into the Queen’s backyard It’s going to take four years to build – “a bit like a superyacht,” Barattieri jokes The pressure that comes with developing such landmark London sites does not seem to faze the quick-to-smile 45 year old another handy consequence of spending so much time at sea “as well as a huge amount of responsibility and flexibility Situations change very quickly on the water and you have to adapt to that.” Only in the past 10 years has Barattieri figured out what he wanted to do with his life. Before moving into real estate, he worked in the City as a trader. Armed with an MBA, his immediate thought was: “I’ve got to make as much money as possible.” Looking back on his time at various hedge funds, he says: “I enjoyed it and it made me grow up very fast as well. But ultimately I’m a people person and I like beautiful things. In the long run, a finance career would never have fulfilled me.” His escape route was a position with his mentor and friend Alessandro Cajrati Crivelli, who founded property development company Est4te Four. During his time at the company he criss-crossed the globe, working on projects from Milan to Los Angeles. When Northacre was bought by Abu Dhabi Financial Group in 2013, he was asked if he would like to become its CEO. He didn’t need much convincing – the projects the 25-year-old company was working on were some of the most prestigious in London. Expert planning and organisation. Tick. Patience and flexibility. Tick. And figuring out what people want – an unavoidable consequence of being stuck on a small boat with family and friends thousands of miles from anywhere. Being on the water really is the best education of all. Latest news, brokerage headlines and yacht exclusives, every weekday SubscribeSign up to our newslettersSign up to BOAT International email newsletters to get the latest superyacht news Boat International Media Ltd © 2008 - 2025 Content presented under the "BOAT Presents" logo is an advertising feature and Boat International Limited has been paid to include this content Metropolitan Gennadios of Italy officiated at the festal Divine Liturgy and wished to celebrate St George next year “face to face” Saint George of the Greeks (San Giorgio dei Greci) is an Orthodox church in Venice in the sestiere (neighborhood) of Castello the Greek community of Venice was given the right to establish the “Scuola de San Nicolò dei Greci” (School of St a confraternity that helped the members of the community the Catholic Church allowed the construction of the church of St George which was financed by a tax on all ships from the Orthodox world Construction began by Sante Lombardo and from 1548 In the interior there is a monument to Gabriele Seviros (1619) by Baldassarre Longhena On the dome of the church there is a fresco of the Last Judgement (1589-93) made by Giovanni Kyprios under the supervision of Tintoretto Emanuele Tzane frescoed the Saints Simeon and Alypios Inside the church there is also a marble plaque with an inscription of 1564 in Greek stating that the church was dedicated to Christ and St George by the Greeks who moved to Venice (“τους αεί καταίροντας Ενετίαζε των Ελλήνων” -“the Greeks who were constantly arriving at Venice”) The Vatican announced on Monday that all telephone communication within its territory will be suspended during the upcoming conclave.. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered the keynote address at the International Scientific Conference “Restarting from Nicaea:.. The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate approved on October 4th the canonization of Eldress Sophia Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew traveled by air to Antalya the Patriarchate of Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women... (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website The Global Campus of Human Rights Project Department in cooperation with the European Parliament organised the training programme “Venice School for Human Rights Defenders” that will be held between 10 and 17 June 2023 at the Monastery of San Nicolò Human rights defenders play an essential role in the realisation of rights and promotion of equality Not only do they fight for human rights in situations of oppression and abuse drawing attention both to their respective communities and to the international community to otherwise neglected violations and threats The training programme is addressed to human rights practitioners from all over the world as well as to graduate students from all academic backgrounds willing to deepen and improve their knowledge in human rights topics The course will focus on the following themes: -Engaging with UN mechanisms: treaty bodies and special procedures -Introduction to gender-based violence and conflict-related sexual violence -Environmental protection and indigenous rights -Documenting and raising awareness of human rights abuses through video evidence The programme will includelectures by Sakharov laureates, Right Livelihood Foundation laureates prominent human rights figures from international organisations experts and activists from civil society and NGOs -Develop human rights defenders’ advocacy skills and expertise -Enhance the ability of human rights defenders to engage strategically with UN mechanisms and examining how they can use them to -bolster their work at the national level -Develop diplomatic and civil society networks -Share knowledge and expertise which human rights defenders can use to ensure their voice is central in international human rights decision-making processes -Develop strategies and techniques to increase the potential of human rights defenders’ national and regional advocacy work -Discuss best practices and ways forward through the mutual exchange of experiences -Develop networks among Sakharov fellows and other human rights defenders In order to ensure the highest level of interaction the number of participants will be limited to 30 therefore we strongly recommend early registration Please also include a non-certified English translation if the original certificates were not issued in English click on the link you will find in the message Your request has been sent successfully and we will reply as soon as possible A copy of the data you have provided us with has been sent to your email address Architectural Sculpture and Classical AntiquitySculptural practices from classical antiquity had a large impact on medieval architectural sculpture are persistently repeated and reinterpreted throughout the Middle Ages Often the marble itself comes from ancient buildings At times an ancient slab might be recarved by a medieval sculptor while at other times a handsome relief was simply refitted as is into a medieval setting (Sangemini Doorway Architectural features not customarily embellished by the Romans and Greeks might nonetheless receive ornamentation drawn from a classical repertory (Toulouse columns who moved around the capital in order to follow the story’s sequence (Capital with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple Depicting the fate of the righteous and the sinful as they appear before Christ as judge the door served as a powerful reminder of the ultimate authority of God and the earthly authority of the Christian church tales no doubt meant to edify the monks who roamed these monastic courtyards Melanie HolcombDepartment of Medieval Art and The Cloisters Romanesque Sculpture: The Revival of Monumental Stone Sculpture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries “Medieval European Sculpture for Buildings.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/arch/hd_arch.htm (October 2001) More from the Timeline of Art HistoryView all The ninth-tier league game between Castel San Niccolò and visitors Fortis Arezzo which took place on a mud-soaked pitch just outside Florence was 0-0 when the home side’s No 11 was shown a red card As the referee went to put the card back in his pocket and turn away the incensed San Niccolò player lashed out with a violent kick – but remarkably the official was unmoved managing to keep his feet and standing his ground before his attacker was carried away from the field by a team-mate When play resumed 11-man Arezzo ran riot with striker Massimiliano Pecorari scoring all their goals in a 4-0 win San Niccolò are pinned to the bottom of the table without a win all season and with only one point from 22 games Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias visit the San Giorgio dei Greci (Saint George of the Greeks) church in Venice during his trip to the Italian city according to a related post by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Twitter “I visited in Venice the San Giorgio dei Greci the oldest and most historic church of the Greek Diaspora,” wrote the foreign minister Επισκέφθηκα στη Βενετία τον Ιερό Ναό του Αγίου Γεωργίου των Ελλήνων, την παλαιότερη και πιο ιστορική εκκλησία της 🇬🇷 Διασποράς. pic.twitter.com/qqGffZjE4t — Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) January 16, 2023 Dendias visited the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine & Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice and the Museum of Icons Metropolitan of Italy & Exarch of Southern Europe Polykarpo Στο πλαίσιο επίσκεψης, κόπηκε η πρωτοχρονιάτικη πίτα από ΥΠΕΞ Ν.Δένδια, παρουσία Σεβ. Μητροπολίτη Ιταλίας & Έξαρχο Ν.Ευρώπης Πολύκαρπο (2/2) pic.twitter.com/QOyXBinn0n — Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (@GreeceMFA) January 16, 2023 Construction of the San Giorgio dei Greci was started by Sante Lombardo The interior has a monument to Gabriele Seviros (1619) by Baldassarre Longhena The dome of the church was frescoed with the Last Judgement (1589–93) by Giovanni Kyprios Other artists who completed work for the church were Markos Bathas Tzanes frescoed the Saints Simeon and Alypios Other famous Greek artists associated with the church were: Konstantinos Tzanes Amongst the treasures in this church are three icons which Anna Notaras the last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire and she later gave to the Scuola de San Nicolò dei Greci in trust for when a church observing the Greek Orthodox faith could be constructed These icons comprise: one of Christ in His glory surrounded by symbols of the four Evangelists and figures of the 12 Apostles; another of Christ Pantokrator; and the third is an image of the Virgin Hodegetria Near the church lies the Flanginian School which today houses the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice The Museum was established by Sophia Antoniadis the Greek Orthodox rite was not permitted in Venice the Greek community in Venice gained the right to found the Scuola de San Nicolò dei Greci a confraternity which aided members of that community the papacy allowed the construction of the church of San Giorgio financed by a tax on all ships from the Orthodox world READ MORE: Crete in top 10 destinations of 2023 for adventure and wellness tourism, says Spanish travel mag. 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nets for the goals which define Simone Inzaghi’s playing career Brescello and Lumezzane before breaking into the first team at his hometown club Piacenza He scored 15 goals in Serie A in 1998 at just 22 years of age where he would - with his huge goals - help them on their way to a historic Scudetto in 2000 Simone Inzaghi also won three Coppa Italia titles are three Italian Supercups as a player and also became the Biancocelesti’s record goalscorer in European competitions and the first Italian player ever to score four goals in a single Champions League game (14 March 2000 Inzaghi instantly made the switch to management His coaching career began in the 2010/11 season as part of Lazio’s youth set-up before becoming the head coach of the Primavera side (two Coppa Italia titles and one Supercup) with which to secure his place for the following campaign He would go on to coach Lazio for another five seasons winning the Coppa Italia in 2019 and two Supercoppa titles (2017 and 2019) He also brought Champions League football back to the capital-city club with a fourth-place finish in 2020 Simone Inzaghi, who made three appearances for Italy as a player, is ready to depart on a new, exciting adventure: as the .css-1081t4c{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}head coach of Inter.#WelcomeSimone Inzaghi: "It will be an exciting match ParkingFAQTickets ParkingFAQInter Store INTER STORE SAN SIROINTER STORE CASTELLOInter Store Sassicaia founder Nicolò Incisa della Rochetta is retreating to the background as his stepson When the first tiny vintage of his family’s Tuscan estate wine – made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc grapes – was sold in 1969 the Marchese Nicolò Incisa della Rochetta probably had little idea that he would be changing the course of Italian fine wine forever It not only became the original Supertuscan vino da tavola but also Italy’s most sought-after wine it’s true to say that there would have been no Tignanello Sassicaia kick-started the shake-up of Italy’s antediluvian wine laws It also became the first ever Italian estate to have its own estate DOC in 1994 it effectively transformed Bolgheri into what many believe is the country’s most exciting and dynamic fine wine region Yet despite being surrounded by so much turbulent change Not least because it has steadfastly remained one exalted wine thanks to the constant devotion of one man – Nicolò Incisa della Rochetta Tenuta San Guido and Nicolò Incisa della Rochetta have been inextricably bound together as a magical trinity visitors to Decanter’s Great Tuscan Fine Wine Encounter could not help but notice the absence of Nicolò Incisa della Rochetta from behind the Tenuta San Guido stand Nor could they miss the presence of its tall and hirsute winemaker Rosa has been busily taking San Guido into pastures new since his arrival in 2000 First came a new cantina in Bolgheri which Rosa converted from an old olive oil press house Then came two new IGT estate wines christened Guidalberto and Le Difese Given the hitherto rather cautious and conservative nature of the Marchese many may have assumed these were the brainchild of the new young turk Guidalberto was my idea,’ says Nicolò Incisa della Rochetta Sebastiano and I came up with the idea for Le Difese as Guidalberto’s second wine.’ Rosa not only confirms the story but modestly plays down his role in San Guido’s recent growth spurt ‘The Marchese is still very much in charge it is clear that Rosa’s responsibilities extend beyond winemaking So is he being groomed for the top job one day But I’m confident that it won’t be any time soon.’ I would like Sebastiano to succeed me one day,’ adds Incisa One reason is that he happens to be Incisa’s stepson which is why they talk so fondly and respectfully of each other Rosa describes Incisa as ‘more than any father he’s been a friend and mentor to me.’ In turn Incisa is thrilled to have his dynamic stepson on board ‘He’s a huge asset for us,’ he says proudly Rosa’s arrival has enabled or possibly prompted him to capitalise on Sassicaia’s awesome reputation Sassicaia was the only wine we were producing – and it was unique,’ says Incisa ‘But things have developed a lot in Bolgheri in the last few years So when Sebastiano joined us it became possible to consider creating a new label When some adjoining vineyards came up for sale with a similar terroir it presented the perfect opportunity to expand.’ Rosa makes Sassicaia together with long-time consultant Giacomo Tachis ‘But the two wineries are very separate,’ he explains ‘Guidalberto is not a second label to Sassicaia It is a completely different wine with different grape varieties at a lower price point it does have the advantage of helping us maintain and improve Sassicaia’s quality Primarily because we do put a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon from some young Sassicaia vines into Guidalberto.’ https://www.decanter.com/features/founding-father-giacomo-tachis-248258/ The other varieties going into the two new wines are Merlot and Sangiovese which again represents yet more departures for San Guido Rosa is very excited by the quality of both varieties and the Merlot helps produce an earlier drinking wine,’ he says And while Rosa is less enthusiastic about Sangiovese in Bolgheri he has been delighted by tank samples from last year’s vintage ‘It is rare to find Sangiovese from here which is so rich and fat,’ he says ‘Tachis says he has never tasted anything like it.’ Although Incisa could be accused of nepotism in appointing Rosa to one of the plum positions in Italian wine few would argue that his stepson hadn’t got the job on merit Having lived and worked at San Guido as a youngster Rosa knows the estate as well as he knows the Marchese It’s difficult to imagine a better-suited CV ‘I studied agriculture and economics at Davis in California and followed it with a masters in oenology Then I worked at Jordan and Stag’s Leap for a couple of years,’ he says but wisely resisted the temptation to join his stepfather ‘I wanted to go back when the time was right.’ Meanwhile at 26 he got the opportunity to work in Brunello when the Countess Cinzano offered him the job of winemaker at Argiano ‘It was a great experience because I had complete control during which time Tachis and I produced the first vintage of the Supertuscan During that time Rosa began to branch out into consultancy although he’s now cut down on most of his extra-curricular oenological activities there’s still a fidgety restlessness about him he’s also been co-driving a joint venture project in Sardinia ‘Tachis has been consulting there for years so we bought two estates in 2002 because we know what the region is capable of we’ve just released our first vintage – a blend of Carignan It’s going to be a great wine,’ he enthuses he and Incisa are also thinking about going into the hotel business run-down podere on the famous avenue of cypress trees leading into Bolgheri,’ says the Marchese ‘There’s no really nice place for people to stay in Bolgheri so we’d make it into a small luxury hotel with about 12 rooms.’ ‘Sebastiano just gets on with whatever needs to be done,’ says Incisa ‘Because I have complete faith in him it gives me time to pursue other passions except to steadily improve in volume and quality Incisa jokes that Sassicaia was the original garage wine Both resolutely agree that they want to keep its elegant and terroir-driven personality ‘While some of our neighbours may be moving to a more ‘international’ style Sassicaia’s essence will remain the same,’ says Rosa Website: www.sassicaia.com but in the midst of this waterborne whirl of gondolas crane-bearing delivery boat up my backside Spying what I thought was an available gap I'd sneaked into it so I could take some photos – but I'd parked in front of a restaurant and there was a Coke fridge to deliver and scores of tourists peering down at us from the Rialto bridge using my paddle as a rudder to sharpen the turn my kayak guide waiting for me on the other side of the bridge my biceps felt like they'd done three rounds on a cheese grater and even got a wink of approval from the deliveryman – high praise indeed in Venice the most diminutive and softly spoken Texan one could hope to meet – and who had never set foot in a kayak before – was living proof that a sense of adventure and an affinity with water counts far more than bulging biceps (although you might have them by the time you've finished) Go with someone who knows and respects the city understands the vagaries of its weather and tides and With his Venetian colleague Marco, René Seindal a strapping Dane who has made Venice his home by marrying his passion for rowing with a canny business venture well-run campsite at the western end of the Lido and an eight-minute bus ride from the island's vaporetto terminal The Lido is a good springboard into the rest of the lagoon while Venice itself is only a half-hour paddle away "I get lost on the streets but not down here," he told me Having spent weeks combing its tangle of streets like a blind spatially challenged beetle I found meandering along Venice's canals in a kayak serene in the extreme The price tag for the equivalent number of hours in a gondola would run into thousands – captain of your kayak €80 – but the freedom to linger by this bridge Things rarely got as hairy as my Rialto three-point turn – unless you count the incident when after butting a moored gondola just in front of the Bridge of Sighs and ricocheting into the wall (sorry Unesco) I sat trapped in a strong current like a lemon until a kindly gondolier gave me a shove with his oar the bin men (tanned and Ray-Ban Aviator-chic) – the workaday Venetians that keep the city ticking over we paddled with gondoliers who didn't mind us – we shared the same foe: moto ondoso or the wake caused by motorcraft – and started to recognise Venice for what it is: an archipelago of tiny islands linked by bridges One afternoon we paddled right into San Marco and bobbed about in a "safe zone" near the Doge's Palace Between paddling there were the obligatory gelato stops lazy lunches and conversations with Brian about why he has never heard of JR or Dallas Besides the obvious appeal of kayaking the canals of Venice A refreshing contrast to the constraints of the city the lagoon's wide-open shallows also offer a fresh perspective on Venice itself – one small if significant piece of an aquatic jigsaw "Most people visit Venice and think they've seen the city but there's a thousand years of history right here," said René running the gloopy silt of the lagoon floor though his fingers as we paddled out from the kayak base on the Lido one morning "This is the mud Venice was built on." the lagoon is fed by the Adriatic via three inlets and comprises thousands of acres of mud flats and salt marshes speckled with islands – some inhabited; others deserted and littered with curious military installations the islands are blissfully accessible by kayak we scrambled through brambles and undergrowth to reach the sprawling shell of a monastery being slowly reclaimed by nature we wandered through a manicured oasis of cypresses to reach a medieval monastery in far better nick After being guided round by a Fransiscan brother – the order that has inhabited the island since the 12th century – we sat in its gardens eating peaches The Venetian lagoon is one of the world's most famous under threat eco-systems frogs and even the occasional hidden beach and pick out the runway at Marco Polo airport (flanked on a clear day by the shadowy hulk of the Dolomites) or Venice herself identifiable by her comically crooked campanile piercing the sky Venice's legendary weather fronts added an extra dimension and although bent on outsmarting the forecasters René's scientific gadgets cut us little slack in the occasional thunderstorm that threw us off course Paddling furiously under the brooding skies of an approaching storm towards a horizon fired by lightening was matched only by the surprise on Brian's face on being slapped round the chops by a fish that jumped our kayaks one sultry afternoon One evening we paddled to the market-garden island of Vignole for squid-ink spaghetti and a side order of sunset at Trattoria Alle Vignole (+39 041 5289707) before heading into Venice for a night tour of the city and as I peered into windows and down cramped canyons I snatched glimpses of another Venice: a man in underpants brushing his teeth Just after midnight we were back on the Grand Canal vaporettos and all of Venice was sleeping and for the half hour or so that it took us to paddle down it we were kings of the canal commanding the stage in the greatest show on Earth Becoming part of the show is a curious flipside of kayaking around Venice tourists took photos and strangers shouted "Where can we rent the kayaks?" As we left San Marco via the Bridge of Sighs after our thrilling 20-minute bob I was distracted by a small hand poking through one of the stone grills The enclosed bridge gave prisoners their last tantalising glimpse of Venice before being led to their cells in the Doge's Palace Craning my neck in search of a face I waved back – and crashed into a gondola Heathrow and Manchester from £41.60 one-way inc tax Biotechnologie und Lebensmittelwissenschaften Landschaft, Wasser und Infrastruktur Naturwissenschaften und Nachhaltige Ressourcen Ökosystemmanagement, Klima und Biodiversität Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften BOKU UniversityUniversität für Bodenkultur WienGregor-Mendel-Straße 33 On joint initiative of the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua Democracy and Peace" of the same University and of the National Coordinating Body of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights 100 Municipal Councils of big and small Italian cities - from Sondrio to Ragusa from Este (Padua) to Ponte San Nicolò (Padua) - have so far adopted a petitionary motion for the international recognition of the human right to peace Also the Regional Council of Veneto has approved the same petitionary motion The initiative aims to support the work of the Intergovernmental Group of the UN Human Rights Council that is currently involved in discussing the draft of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace The Italian Municipalities are showing a direct interest in the debate currently taking place in Geneva due also to the fact that most of their Statutes include a norm which referring at the same time to the Italian Constitution and to the International Human Rights Law recognises peace as a fundamental right of individuals and people (the so called “peace and human rights” norm): this situation is still a unique case in the world the Italian sub-national legislation is preceding the formal process of international legal positivisation on the subject Strengthened by this original legitimation and referring to Article 1 of the “United Nations Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals Groups and Organs of Society to promote and protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms” a delegation of Mayors representing the City Councils that have adopted the above-mentioned petitionary motion will be in Geneva at the Palais des Nations on Monday 23 June in order to deliver a copy of the Councils’ deliberations to Ambassador Christian Guillermet President of the intergovernmental Human Rights Council Working Group Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations to the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations The initiative joins the International Campaign for the recognition of the human right to peace  promoted by the Human Rights Centre and the UNESCO Chair "Human Rights Democracy and Peace" of the University of Padua by the Franciscan Order of the Sacro Convento di San Francesco di Assisi by the National Coordinating Body of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights the Peace Roundtable (Tavola della Pace)  and the Peace Network PerugiaAssisi San Romedio. A thousand years of history, art and worship through its Cultural Heritage Department and following a memorandum of understanding stipulated with the Archdiocese of Trento and local authorities the Autonomous Province of Trento authorised and funded important restoration work to safeguard and enhance the sanctuary of San Romedio This included consolidation of the walls and plaster refurbishment of the roof and restoration of pictorial decorations and stone elements such as the altars and group sculptures it promoted the restoration of seventy votive tablets among the 120 declared to be of cultural interest following careful cataloguing On conclusion of the major conservation and improvement work to restore this extraordinary monument to history a series of exhibition spaces were planned and set up in three rooms on the ground fl oor Here it was intended to present the fi gure of Romedius half-way between history and legend, illustrate the iconography of the sanctuary raise awareness of a number of archaeological findings made at the foot of the cliff and highlight a selection of votive offerings as well as the fresco decorations detached in 1932 and applied to canvas A permanent exhibition has been created to recount the historic religious and devotional features of one of the most interesting sanctuaries in the alpine region Source: leaflet by the Department for Cultural Heritage of Trento © 2014 - 2025 TrentinoCultura - Conception and coordination: Department for Culture write us After his death, Saint Nicholas was worshiped throughout medieval Europe. He became the patron saint of Russia and Greece and of sailors and merchants and was embraced by the Italian naval empire Saint Nicholas’s remains were originally placed in Myra when The Ottoman Empire conquered Myra in the 11th century Italian soldiers took it upon themselves to move Saint Nicholas’s relics a new basilica was built to house Saint Nicholas’s bones most of Saint Nicholas’s bones remain at this basilica where they have been kept in a gold tomb since 1087 The strictly religious definition of a relic is the mortal remains of a saint. In medieval Europe, the relic industry was huge as having a Saint’s relic at your church would attract pilgrimages to your town. As a result, churches worldwide continue to claim that they have relic fragments from Saint Nicholas’s bones. After the Ottoman Empire conquered Myra in the 11th century the town of Venice also sent a search party to collect Saint Nicholas’s bones These Venice sailors took over 500 smaller bone fragments with them back to Venice where they are now interned in Chiesa di San Nicoló the relics located in Venice are little-known and not a place of pilgrimage in comparison to Bari The Halberstadt Cathedral in Halberstadt, Germany, contains the finger of Saint Nicholas. In the 13th century, the Halberstadt bishop Konrad von Krosigk brought the relic back with him from the Fourth Crusade The mummified finger is visible behind rock crystal while the design of the arm reliquary is a gold-plated metal sleeve in the shape of an open hand Precious stones adorn the edge of the sleeve The relic is currently on display at the Halberstadt Cathedral In 1058, a small chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built onto the worms cathedral to hold a Saint Nicholas relic given to the Cathedral by Empress Theophanu from Byzantium around 980 The original relic stored at the Cathedral was lost during the Nine Years War the Bishop of Bari gave the Worms Cathedral a bottle of myrrh-like substance from the bones of Saint Nicholas a new shrine was dedicated to Saint Nicholas at the Worms Cathedral Recently, the Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Amsterdam has received its very own Saint Nicholas relic. On December 5, 2021, the Basilica received a relic that is supposedly a piece of rib from Saint Nicholas The relic was presented to the Basilica by Egmond Abbey in North Holland who was in possession of this relic for about a thousand years Madeline Hiltz is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News Join 1000s of subscribers and receive the best Vintage News in your mailbox for FREE Lido is known as the sports and recreation area of Venice. Take some time to enjoy the sandy cost of Lido, which stretches over 11km and overlooks the Adriatic Sea. Depending on your budget, you can go to a private or a public beach. One of the best private beaches is Hotel Excelsior Beach whilst Lido’s public beach is located in the north Make sure to arrive early to grab a good spot near the water San Lazzaro degli Armeni is a small island it has been home to the Armenian Catholic Monastery of San Lazzaro The most notable visitor of the monastery was the poet Byron who spent time on the island studying Armenian the monastery hosts a permanent exhibition devoted to the famous writer Of note is also a publishing house on the island which is the oldest continuously operating Armenian publishing house in the world which is organized by the monks once per day The oasis of Alberoni is a protected natural reserve The oasis is composed of a pine forest and a complex dune system immortalised for its beauty in the poetry of Byron and Goethe started to develop in 1800s and are home to a diverse ecosystem including protected bird species Kentish Plover and Little Tern Rent a bike in the center and explore the western shore along Via Malamocco on your way to Alberoni The church of San Nicolò al Lido has an important historical place in Venice the ceremonial marriage of the Doge of Venice to the Adriatic Sea the church hosted a banquet before the merchant ships sailed west it was the last Venetian landmark seen by sailors The Church houses the remains of St Nicholas The main attraction is the walnut choir stalls from 17th century presenting 27 scenes from the life of the saint Along the street are located numerous hotels where you can follow the sea promenade north to the public beach or south to Alberoni Oasis The Murazzi are a protective barrier made of Istrian stone which shield the island from water erosion Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Tempio Votivo The Tempio Votivo Church is a war memorial of Venice It was built between 1925 and 1935 by the architect Giuseppe Torres The war memorial is the last major religious building constructed in the lagoon area and was designed to show gratitude of the Venetians that the city escaped the First World War without major damage especially the bombing on February 27 1918 The large green dome on top of the copper structure of the church is one of the first landmarks seen by visitors due to its location next to the Vaporetto station The Jewish community in Venice got the first opportunity to create their own cemetery in 1386 which shows the long history of Jews in the city The cemetery is located near the San Nicolò church in the north the Ancient Jewish Cemetery can only be viewed with an appointment Many memorials have been restored in the last 30 years and date between the 16th and 18th century which is opened to the public and is located on Via Cipro Malamocco is a picturesque village located on the southern part of Lido connected to Lido by a series of bridges across the canal separating the two The most prominent landmarks include the Church of Santa Maria Assunta Ponte Borgo (the oldest bridge in the village) where the mayors of Malamocco lived until 1339 The Palazzo del Podestà is a Gothic style building All landmarks are situated next to each other on the Piazza Maggiore One of the new attractions includes an open air cinema where you can see a film screening free of charge Pellestrina is a charming island of the south of Lido Pellestrina also has a defense wall of Murazzi Take your bike on the ferry from Lido and enjoy the ride Remember to stop over at the Little Museum of the Southern Lagoon which aims to preserve history and traditions of the lagoon It has two permanent exhibitions: The history of Murazzi and November 4 Dan Novac / Unsplash Italy Trips and Tours If you’re researching your holidays in Venice then you may be interested in our diverse collection of multi-day tours in Italy Whether you’re keen on grand old cities or beautiful coastlines mountain hikes or food and wine tasting extravaganzas there’s bound to be an itinerary that suits you Guides & Tips This Is Europe's Ultimate Road Trip See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in Summer See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in October Guides & Tips The Best European Cities to Visit in November Guides & Tips The Best European Cities to Visit in December Guides & Tips A Guide to the 5 Most Dazzling Views in Catania See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in September See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in July See & Do The Best Hiking Trails in Italy Guides & Tips Beat the Crowds with these Alternative Summer Destinations Art A Tour of Bernini's Masterpieces in Rome See & Do The Best European Cities to Visit in Autumn US: +1 (678) 967 4965 | UK: +44 (0)1630 35000 tripssupport@theculturetrip.com © Copyright 2025 The Culture Trip Ltd