A detail from the facade of the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio


The church façade, work of Giuseppe Sardi, is one of the most original and imaginative expressions of Baroque Venetian art and forms a majestic monument of the Barbaro family, representing portrait statues of the five brothers and illustrating maps of the various places in which Antonio Barbaro served the Venetian Republic.


Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Santa Maria del Giglio, Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy
Photo credit: © Stephen Frost / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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