Looking Heavenward in Venice
by Marcy Wielfaert
Title
Looking Heavenward in Venice
Artist
Marcy Wielfaert
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
According to tradition, the Church of the Angel Raphael was one of the eight churches founded in Venice by St Magnus of Oderzo. Through the years, the church suffered fires in 889, 1106 and 1149, and each time it was rebuilt. At the beginning of the 17th century, the edifice was in poor condition, and was therefore demolished and rebuilt. The rebuilding was completed during the years of 1743–49. The church plan is a Greek cross, with the façade facing a minor canal named after the church, rio dell'Angelo Raffaele. The interior houses sculptures by Sebastiano Mariani and Michelangelo Morlaiter. Among the statues is one of the Archangel Raphael leading a boy with a fish; the archangel was a patron saint of fishermen. The center ceiling of the nave and the Baptistry has a decoration by Francesco Fontebasso. The present organ has quite a history of its own. It was built in 1821 by the brothers Antonio and Agostino Callido, sons of the more famous organ maker, Gaetano Callido and restored by Giacomo Bazzani and his sons in 1848. The organ was once again restored fairly recently by the Tamburini family. For me, the aspect of this church that I loved best was this steeple and bell tower with its wonderful lines, angles, and curves.
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