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The Spanish Chapel (Cappellone degli Spagnoli) is covered by huge 14th-century frescoes by the little known Andrea da Firenze.
Since ceilings and wall frescoes don't travel well, the curators have had to rely on portable paintings and works on paper.
The basilica’s highlight, and generally accepted as the work of a young Giotto, the Life of Francis (1296-1304) is movingly celebrated in 28 scenes along the lower tier (starting from the right transept), while 32 frescoes in the upper tier illustrate scenes from the Old and New Testament.
The extravagant ballroom and soaring allegorical frescoes like Giambattista Tiepolo’s Merit between Virtue and Nobility in the “Throne Room” (actually for Rezzonico weddings) and others, more wistful, by Guardi all catch the tone of a declining Venice and the frivolous lives of the idle rich.
At Thrónos visit the 14th-century Panagía chapel for its frescoes and the remains of an early Byzantine mosaic floor from a previous basilica — if the church is locked ask at the shop next door as they keep a key.
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