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Varano Sand
Sculpture Company LLC
aka The Sultans 0f Sand Worldwide ~presents~ Jesolo International Sand Sculpture Festival 2012 "Venice" |
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![]() The Rialto Bridge
The first bridge (of boats) that in Rialto
connected the sides of the economic-commercial center of the “Civitas Veneciarum”
was built according to tradition, by Nicolò Barattieri around 1180.
Within the context of the great Venetian development of the XIII century,
a wooden bridge on piles was built in its place in 1265. Seriously damaged
by the Bajamonte Tiepolo conspirators in 1310 and collapsed in 1444, the
bridge was rebuilt, always in wood, but wider with a double row of shops
on the sides and with a drawbridge in the center.
On 10 January 1514 a terrible fire almost completely destroyed the Realtine area and the disastrous event forced to rethink about the functions and structures of the large market and among these the bridge. While the reconstruction of the “fabriche de Rialto” (Factories of Rialto) proceeded, the decision regarding the bridge was delayed for decades, even if the best architects of the period, among them J. Sasovino, A. Palladio and V. Scamozzi were working on the project. The choice was really difficult: building a stone bridge would have modified the urban structure of Venice, thus causing the end of the port function of the Canal Grande; it would have favored the pedestrianisation of the city and the creation of new interchange areas. Finally in 1588 it was decided to realize the design of the “proto” (expert) Antonio Da Ponte and despite the continuous discussions and some work stoppage the new bridge of Rialto was inaugurated in 1591. The work, very imposing for the period, hushed up the denigrators: the beauty and functionality of its architecture were universally recognized as the courage and quality of its engineering solutions, the one of Rialto was, in fact, the largest single span stone bridge of the world. |
1.) Susanne Ruseler - Holland the Doge & The Lion of Venice 2.) Ilya Filamontsev - Russia Invasion of the Goths 3.) Etual Ojeda -Spain The relics of St Mark |
4.) Karen Fralich
- Canada The Pope, Barbarossa & the Doge 5.) Brad Goll - USA Arsenale & Buccintoro 6.) John Gowdy - Italy Doctor |
7.) John Gowdy - Italy Merchants 8.) John Gowdy - Italy Pprinters 9.) Sikke-Bart Freiling - Netherlands Santa Maria Salute church |
10.) Bill Dow -
USA Casanova at Piombi 11.) Leonardo Ugolini - Italy St Marks Basilica 12.)Michela Ciapinni - Italy Rialto Bridge |
13.) David Ducharme
- Canada The plague 14.) Andrius Petkus - Lithuania Old Carnivale Damon Farmer - USA Scenic paintings |
Arena Ojeda - Spain Christine Nichol - Canada | Hazel Nichol Ducharme
- Canada Laura Gowdy Cimador
- Italy |
Lisa Longo Giorgia Lovato |
Davide Ercocano Silvia Trevisan |
Giulia Girardi Beatrice Mattiuzzo |
Elisabetiva Botter Alessio Moggian |
Giada Frattina Noemi Cini |
Directed by: Rich
Varano - USA |
Assistant to the Director: Elena Lana |