Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1798. Excerpt: ... loji and 1531,and rebuilt from the ground in 1601, according to its ancient form, and has five altars, some statues and paintings. From this church we come to the square Rialto, surrounded with an arcade, in the back ground of which are rooms for transacting business, warehouses, magazines, academies for artists, and the exchange, where the merchants assemble daily at one o'clock in the afternoon, in one part of the arcade, for the purpose of settling commercial affairs. Hereafter follow the mercers shops, called the Drapperia, situated under longextensive arches, and the NewRialto,at present entirely consisting of silk shops. At the extremity of these commence the goldsmiths shops, called Ruga; and at the end of them is the place called Beccario, where formerly stood the house of the procurator Querini, at present converted into shambles, from the abhorrence of his memory, for his having acted a principal part in the conspiracy of Bajamente Tiepoli. The shambles are joined by the fish market erected in the year 1322, which extends as far as the new building on the Great Canal, which latter was built by Sansovin, at the expence of government. Farther on, and beyond the small square, are store-houses belonging to government, which were also inhabited by the former collectors of thepublicrevenue; and at no great distance from these stands the magnificent public palace of Rialto, adorned throughout with marble, built in a noble style, and possessing many valuable paintings. On the left of the Ruga stands the very ancient church of St. Zuonne di Rialto, which contains five altars and several good paintings. This church was built by the family Trevisani, and has a belfrey; which was commenced in the year 139?, and finished 141 o: in the year 1513 it burnt down...
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