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


==Database Entry==
==History==
''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.''
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.


''Citizenship status was conferred on third generation Venetians or those who had paid taxes for fifteen years, meaning that Venetians were pretty xenophobic, except when you gave them money.''
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 [[Byzantines|Byzantine]] form.
 
''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.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*One of [[Subject 16]]'s [[Glyphs]] is located on the building.
*A [[Glyphs|glyph]] is located on the building.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', the Scuola Grande di San Marco sits more in the [[Castello]] district than in [[San Marco]], juxtaposed to the [[Santi Giovanni e Paolo]] church.
*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 [[Santi Giovanni e Paolo]].


==References==
==Source==
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*''Assassin's Creed II''
[[Category:Venice]]
[[Category:Venice]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]

Revision as of 00:43, 3 January 2012


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The Scuola Grande di San Marco.

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

History

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.

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.

Trivia

Source

  • Assassin's Creed II
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