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Wednesday, August 11. 2010

The Arena Chapel (Capella Scrovegni)

Wrote this post back in January, before we finalized our travel plans - not going to the Veneto this year...maybe next year. Or maybe Provence...or if the Dems entirely ruin the country, nowhere fun and just farm drudgery.


Considering a visit to Padua (just a few minutes outside Venice) to see the Arena Chapel with its Giotto interior while visiting the Veneto and Dolomites this summer (maybe). It's a famous chapel - more famous than the Matisse and Chagall Church in Westchester - but it looks very much like the Giotto stuff in the chapels in Santa Croce, which I have seen.


I read that, to visit the Capella, you need reservations, decontamination, etc. Plus a time limit and no photos, as is usual in Italian historic churches. 


Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:17 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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That's a beautiful setting. The Hagia Sophia was a beautiful church until Moslems conquered the Byzantine Empire. In their open-mindedness, they converted a marvelous church into a mosque. I'm sure that was to demonstrate the same kind of brotherhood that inspires the Cordoba Park 51 complex now.
#1 Geoff Brown on 2010-08-11 16:36 (Reply)
GO!

This is a beautiful site not to be missed. I tell everyone to go. If you are in Venice, you are only a short train ride away. Padua is a beautiful town and you are also able to visit Saint Anthony's.

When we were planning our trip to Italy, my husband wanted to focus on Florence and Rome. I insisted on making the trek to Padua and that ended up being one of the great highlights of the trip.

Go. Go. Go.

The Scrovegni Chapel, its history, its art, its literary significance (the sinner for whom it was built is mentioned in THE INFERNO), its novelty and its beauty make it a must see.

Things may have changed, but in 1999 we walked in without reservations, pre-arrangements, or hassles.
#2 Bleak House on 2010-08-12 01:42 (Reply)

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