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{{stub}}[[File:Scuola_grande_disanmarco.jpg|thumb|The Scuola Grande di San Marco.]] '''The '''Scuola Grande di San Marco''' is a building in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. It originally was the home to one of the six major sodalities or Scuole Grandi of Venice. It faces the Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, one of the largest squares in the city.'''
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[[File:Scuola_grande_disanmarco.jpg|thumb|250px|The Scuola Grande di San Marco]]
The [[Scuola Grande di San Marco]] (English: ''Great School of Saint Mark'') is a building in [[Venice]].


===History===
==History==
The edifice was built by the Confraternity of San Marco in [[1260]] to act as its seat. In [[1485]], however, it was destroyed by a large fire, and rebuilt in the following twenty years under a new design by Pietro Lombardo, with a fund established by the members. The façade was built in Byzantine style and was decorated with the polished marble. In[[Assassin's Creed II| ''Assassin's Creed II'',]] it is a [[glyph]] location.
The Scuola Grande di San Marco was one of the six large charitable organizations founded in Venice to help citizens afford food, dowries, processions, marriages, burials, and anything else they might need. Notably membership was open to any citizen of Venice, not just the elite.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Scuola Grande di San Marco]]</ref>
 
The facade of the building, which was built in 1260, was destroyed in a 1485 fire, causing it to be rebuilt in its current, opulent [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] form.<ref name="Database" />


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
Three of the greatest Italian explorers of the fifteenth century: Giosafat Barbaro, Ambrogio Contarini, and Alvise da Mosto were members of the Scuola.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[1]</sup>
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] is located on the building.
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*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', the Scuola Grande di San Marco sits more in the [[Castello District]] than in the [[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco District]], just opposite [[San Giovanni e Paolo]].
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[[Category:Landmarks]]
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
 
==References==
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[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Venice]]

Latest revision as of 23:07, 14 October 2021

The Scuola Grande di San Marco

The Scuola Grande di San Marco (English: Great School of Saint Mark) is a building in Venice.

History[edit | edit source]

The Scuola Grande di San Marco was one of the six large charitable organizations founded in Venice to help citizens afford food, dowries, processions, marriages, burials, and anything else they might need. Notably membership was open to any citizen of Venice, not just the elite.[1]

The facade of the building, which was built in 1260, was destroyed in a 1485 fire, causing it to be rebuilt in its current, opulent Byzantine form.[1]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Scuola Grande di San Marco
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