Blue sky and Baroque
The Baroque facade detail of the church of Santa Maria Assunta is very special. I was particularly taken with the view looking skyward; the symmetry, lines of architrave, columns.
Venice abounds in beautiful religious buildings and the Jesuit church of Santa Maria Assunta is one of them - located in the Cannaregio district, in Campo dei Gesuiti.
Sources give its origins as 1148, the designer of the current building was Domenico Rossi (1657 - 1737).
I learned that the symbol/christogram of IHS came to stand for Jesus Savior of Humankind. Being Iesus (Jesus) Hominum (of humankind) Salvator (Savior).
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Blue sky and Baroque
The Baroque facade detail of the church of Santa Maria Assunta is very special. I was particularly taken with the view looking skyward; the symmetry, lines of architrave, columns.
Venice abounds in beautiful religious buildings and the Jesuit church of Santa Maria Assunta is one of them - located in the Cannaregio district, in Campo dei Gesuiti.
Sources give its origins as 1148, the designer of the current building was Domenico Rossi (1657 - 1737).
I learned that the symbol/christogram of IHS came to stand for Jesus Savior of Humankind. Being Iesus (Jesus) Hominum (of humankind) Salvator (Savior).
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