AtD, p. 860 Mysteries

[Mark Kohut]

860 "had come to replace it":
   
  Somewhat stranded on the northern edge of Castello, the church of San Francesco della Vigna (daily 8am– noon & 3.30–7pm; free) takes its name from the vineyard that was here when the Franciscans were given the site in 1253.
   
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francesco_della_Vigna
   
  Uh...let's have some deep thoughts on this:  A Franciscan Church, where an angel visited St. Mark it is alleged, becomes the new 'relocation of power" by a sort of coup by the Arsenale replacing the Palazzzo Ducale....????
   
  from wikipedia: 
    The Ducal Palace is famous as the setting of the conversations which Baldassare Castiglione represents as having taken place in the Hall of Vigils in 1507 in his Book of the Courtier.
  The palace continued in use as a government building into the 20th century, housing municipal archives and offices, and public collections of antique inscriptions and sculpture (the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, see below). Restorations completed in 1985 have reopened the extensive subterranean 


       
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