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Ala Napoleonica: façade facing the Ascensione

Date: 1807-1836

Place:Venice

Subjects: Architecture, Italy, Napoleon (King of Italy)

Credits: Musei Civici Veneziani

Notes:

The Ala Napoleonica here shows an arcade of eleven arches on the level of the piazza and a piano nobile decorated with Ionic semi-columns. The frieze of the second entablature is sculpted with garlands, and the attic has bas-relief panels representing spoils alternating with eleven statues of divinities. Antonio Bosa and Domenico Banti executed the sculpture.
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