Libreria Sansoviniana
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"...perhaps the richest and most ornate building to be created since the times of ancient Greece and Rome." Andrea Palladio.
The Libreria Marciana (1537-91), better known as the Libreria Sansoviniana, was designed by the Florentine architect, Jacopo Sansovino. Only sixteen bays had been built when Sansovino died in 1570. The final five bays were added by Vincenzo Scamozzi, a Venetian architect, who scrupulously retained Sansovino's design. Sansovino had taken his inspiration from classical Roman architecture, with Doric columns on the ground floor and Ionic columns on the first floor. The statues, which adorn the parapet, were carved by Alessandro Vittoria, Bartolomeo Ammannati and others. The Marciana Library is one of the oldest public libraries in Italy. Its origins lie in the collection that Cardinal Bessarion bequeathed to the city of Venice on May 31st, 1468. |
Libreria Sansoviniana
Libreria Sansoviniana
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