Thursday, December 29, 2011

VENICE AND EGYPT (great Exhibition on Doge's Palace)

till 22 Jan 2012

Time: 8.30am - 5.30pm (ticket office 8.30am - 430pm)
Closed December 25th and January 1st

A major exhibitiondocumenting, through a thousand years of history and over three hundred exhibits, the delicate and intense political, cultural and commercial relations between Venice and Egypt. Archaeological finds, objects, coins and works of art ranging from classical to the opening of the Suez Canal (1869). The exhibition presents outstanding pieces such as the Egyptian mummy Nehmeket or small bronze statue of Anubis, the reliquary of St. Mark's from the Vatican Museums.Also on show, paintings by Giorgione, Tiziano, Bonifacio, Veronese, Tintoretto, Paolo Fiammingo, Strozzi, Fontebasso, Pittoni, Amigoni, Piazzetta, Giandomenico Tiepolo, fino alle vedute egizie dipinte nell'Ottocento da Ippolito Caffi.

Enrico (info@casadelmiele.com) - Casa del Miele - Bed and Breakfast Venezia Venice Venedig Venise Venecia (agriturismo, albergo, hotel, affittacamere, camere, alloggio, soggiorno, guesthouse, hostel, rooms)www.casadelmiele.com

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